Behind the Scenes

"For he has blessed us, in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ"(Eph 1:2-4)

Today at church we looked at Nehemiah. We looked out how Nehemiah made decisions based on wisdom, but in the knowledge that there were forces at work behind the scenes.

This is a big theme in the bible. The bible is based on the fact that God exists, that a supernatural realm exists and has influence upon the material world. In Genesis, Joseph spends much of his life bearing the consequences of his own brother’s selling him into slavery, which ultimately propels him to be the steward of Egypt. His position allows him to save many from death in a terrible famine which God prepares him for.

His words to his frightened brothers are ‘You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives’ (Gen 50:20)

My question for everyone is: How does God work in our lives? Does he influence our actions? Does he influence our thinking, bring thoughts to our minds? Does he influence events only? Or does he influence all things??

I want to get think about the dark forces and their influence on us, but I’ll save that for another day.