ASSURANCE & TERROR

As November begins, most of the corn is harvested. There's one field nearby where we're sure some big bucks--and some does too--are eating well. We see deer on a regular basis now. Just so they see us--when we're in the car AT NIGHT and driving close to where they happen to be loitering. Deer have nothing to do with the topic at hand today. Just musing a bit.... Yesterday as we considered God in the affairs of men in the books of Joshua, Judges, and a bit in the Samuels, I was struck again by God's transcendence and His immanence. God alone is sovereign. He orders all things. That "the affairs of men" phrase is something of a misnomer. To say He's both transcendent and immanent makes it clear He's ordering it all, and we're "ordering" nothing at all. There's assurance in that knowledge--and terror. God is the only Sovereign. Thankfully, the only Sovereign is also good. And therein lies our hope.