God is still in control

I believe that everyone should hear the concept, “God is still in control,” from time to time. God is eternal and to understand his greatness and his awesome power is something that we should not fear, but take comfort in. I was reminded of this truth in a new dynamic way the other day when I read an article titled “Perspective.” The article was written by the Rev. David C. Fisher, the pastor of a church in Bloomington, Minnesota.

The article contained a large photograph of Rev. Fisher who was jogging one morning with a beautiful mountain in the background.

The caption at the bottom read, “As he ran that morning he thought about all that was happening in this small town.

“It was early one morning when I put on my new jogging outfit and headed west toward the edge of town. The rising sun warmed my back as I turned the corner and crossed the river. The cobwebs began to clear from my mind. Once again, I rejoiced from that special exultation that comes from exercise at dawn. I swung west again and faced the monster hill at the edge of town. I had never come this way before and I was anxious to try the new challenge.

“Halfway up the hill, I began to have serious doubts. My legs felt as if spikes were being driven into them. My lungs seemed to be burning as I kept my eyes focused on the pavement. Every step I took made the snowcapped Mount Adams loom larger until the whole horizon seemed to be filled with its 12,000-foot majesty. The pain of running drained from my body as I was filled with the wonder of God’s creation. I topped the hill and ran past the airport. I glanced to the south and there stood Mount Hood and Mount St. Helen in equal splendor.

“As I headed home I saw the awakening city before me and my thoughts turned to its buildings and its people. I was struck with the contrast of the physical creation of God and the struggle of life on this planet. I thought about a house where a young woman lived alone, abandoned by her husband, an apartment where two unmarried young people were living together, another house where religious differences were ripping a family apart, a house where divorce threatened to destroy the children, another house where alcohol had already crushed one of God’s special creations and still another cottage in which a widow grieved alone.

Then I looked up to see the church rising above the trees and I realized that God’s redemptive power was still at work. Yes, God is still in control.”

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