Awesome God: Prayer & Fasting (Kids)Sample

DAY 3 | GOD IS IN CONTROL

Back in the day, when the first-ever cars were being made, there was a man who bought a car. As he was driving, his car broke down. He opened the hood and tinkered with it for a couple of hours, trying to fix it. Finally, another man passed by and saw that he was having a problem. This other man approached him and asked if he could take a look. Frustrated and tired from trying to fix his car, the owner gladly accepted the offer. To his astonishment, the car was working perfectly within a few minutes! The owner asked the stranger, “How were you able to fix it so fast?” The stranger replied, “I invented this car.” That man was Henry Ford of Ford Motors.

God made the earth and everything in it. Everything that happens on earth is under His control. Sometimes, especially when things don’t go our way, we tend to feel like God is not in control. In fact, He always is. If we go back to the automobile story, we would see that when the vehicle was in the hands of the one who invented it, everything went well. And so, if everything on earth is created by God, that means if we put matters into His hands, it will be all good.

The Scripture we read is from the book of Job. Job was a good man, but all kinds of bad things happened to him. However, at the end of the book, Job humbled himself and acknowledged that God is totally in control and that whatever God plans will happen.

Look at Jesus. Jesus is the Son of God. He knew from the very start that at a certain point in time, He would become human and would be hurt and killed, even if He was also God and had done nothing wrong. Jesus prayed that God’s will would be done, even if it would be hard for Him. See, the sacrifice and hardship that Jesus had to undertake was for the sake of humanity—so that we could be restored to a right relationship with God. He surrendered to God’s plans, no matter how hard they were, because He knew for sure that God was in control and that God’s plans have an ultimate purpose.

BECAUSE GOD IS IN CONTROL, I CAN HAVE PEACE.

Reflect

Write down some things you are afraid of. Beside these fears, write down what the Bible says about them. Pray that you will overcome those fears because you know God is in control of everything.

Pray

Dear God, I know that You are in control. You have the power and authority over everything. The problem is that there are still some things I’m afraid of or I’m afraid will happen. Teach me to have faith in you no matter what. Teach me to be humble and accept that You are in control, and I'm not. Grant me peace as I trust in Your ways. In Jesus’s name, amen.