Day 22: Whatever will be, will be

7 March, Day 22: Mathew 5: 17-19

 When I get into a philosophical mood, and especially, when I can't make sense of certain happenings and events in life, I always ultimately fall back on "It's meant to be" or "It's not meant to be" as the situation is. That's how I deal with dissapointments and setbacks, coz' we usually ask questions ("Why!!" when we things get rocky, not so much when things are rosy and cosy.

Who controls these things? We don't for sure. There are invisible forces at work that conspire to make things happen for us (“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”).

Today's verse from Mathew 5: 17-19 says,

Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.

Thoughts: So Jesus says that he hasn't come to undo all the work that was done before him (i.e the prophets or the law of Moses from the Old T),  but he has to come to make God's will come true.  So basically, God planned his coming a long, long time ago coz' thats how all-powerful and wise he is - he could forsee the state of mankind way in advance, so he planned for Jesus to happen.

Takeaway: The will of God surpasses the will of everything else = there is a time and place and a season for all things in our lives = destiny. 

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