God helps those who help themselves and
God won’t put more on you than you can bear. And then there’s this one I have heard it said more than once
God moves in a mysterious way,
I wondered where it came from it’s certainly not a verse in the Bible. Actually it goes way back let me take you back a long time. It was 1773 in London, and the night was dark and foggy. A man walked in the darkness from his house along a cobblestone street, his step determined and relentless, but his face was tear-stained and weary. He was very depressed, and had reached the end.
But it’s interesting to note again Peter’s response. What was it?
I have no money at all, but I give you what I have.
The man was lying at the entrance to the Temple, by the gate called ‘Beautiful’. Wouldn’t it be a natural thing to seek help from those people who were going into the Temple to pray and worship? But Peter and John, two followers of Jesus, did not ignore or pass by this man in need others had just walked by probably annoyed by his presence.
Something better than financial help
The lame man had expected financial help but the gospel story tells that day he received something infinitely greater: two strong legs on which to stand so that he could help himself! Perhaps some of the worshippers going into the Temple that day threw a few pennies into the poor man’s lap it was the easiest thing to do. It salves the conscience, and they could get on with their business for the day. After all they had come to worship God.
Your God Is Too Small.
It’s an intriguing question:
Just how big is God? It was written for Christian believers and sceptics, and has been applauded for its thoughts. It’s still worth reading despite its age it’s only a small book.
In 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin returned from the first manned space flight. The Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev used the event to support his regime’s policy of intolerance of religion. “Why should you clutch at God?” he asked. “Here is Gagarin who flew into space but saw no God there.” The Russian Premier scoffed at the idea of God if he was up there in the sky somewhere, Yuri Gagarin never bumped into him!