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How God Works

You know how squinting can help you see the most prominent lines and patterns in an object? Or for some of us, it’s the only way we read these tiny letters! 

Squint your eyes and try your best look at all of history for a second. One pattern becomes rather apparent: God works through people. Look a little longer and you’ll begin to see a collection of prominent lines that connect all people, a word: relationships. 

Think about it. How did God offer salvation to every living being? By sending us His closest relationship (His Son) as a person. How do we accept Him? By entering into a trusting relationship with Him.

Take another squinting look at the brokenness in your life, in culture, in your community, in your family. What’s broken at the core? What suffers most? Probably relationships. 

Relationships are often the recipients and the ingredients of God’s wonder-working power. 

For the next several days, let’s start looking for healing in our relationships, because when what sucks the life out of you becomes what breathes new life into you, then you’re tapping into God’s wonder-working power!

You can stop squinting. Relax those eyebrows. Take a restful breath, and prepare yourself to receive God’s good truth for your life. 

Pray: God, I’m inviting You to heal the broken relationships in my life. Show me where I’ve allowed others to mistreat me, and show me where I’ve mistreated others. Amen. 

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