FAITH CAPSULE: Who can be like God?

Jonah 1, 2

God alone is the Master Planner with details in His hand. Time is in the control of God but man can only interfere with clock. God will call man to His attention regardless of how man avoids God. Jonah attempted to avoid the calling assignment of God but he could not run away in the sight of God. Jonah 1:1-3 recorded, “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.” Under heaven, no man can avoid God’s calling. Jonah ran, he avoided but was exposed to the eyes of God. When it was time for God, Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Are you one that is running away from the hand of God?
God does have a way of calling man’s attention.
When it was time for God to call Moses there was no way for ignorance to avoid God. Exodus 3:1-3 stated, “Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.” In the place of your ignorance, are you willing to turn aside and give attention to the calling from God?
Joseph’s calling was in repeated dream as stated, “There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.” (Genesis 37:7) “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.” (Genesis 37:9)  Joseph’s dream was not well received when it was revealed to his brother. Joseph was rebuked by his father and his brothers for his dream. Joseph’s dream was his divine assignment, but the steps to get there were not unfolded. Our times are in the hand of God. Man controls clock but God controls time. Joseph’s dream at age seventeen was manifested at age thirty. Who can be like God?

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you in His righteousness and not fail to answer His calling.