September 1

and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him. — Heb 2:8 BSB

It is God's unique prerogative to bring good out of evil and order out of confusion. Imagine observing the movements of the planets from an astronomical observatory. To the naked eye, they would appear to move in complete disorder—sometimes forward, sometimes backward, sometimes seemingly not at all. These contradictory movements perplexed astronomers for years, until Sir Isaac Newton explained them, revealing that, beneath the apparent chaos, there was a beautiful harmony and order.

Consider, then, the greatest example of apparent disorder in all of history—the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ. Picture the scene: the scheming priests, the wild mob, the rough Roman soldiers, the wavering governor Pilate, the terrified disciples, the weeping women, and the innocent Sufferer, crowned with thorns, enduring the ultimate agony. It was a scene of overwhelming confusion, injustice, and vanquished innocence, or so it appeared.

But was it truly so? Beneath this outward confusion, was there not the determined wisdom and purpose of God being worked out? The Apostle Peter says of this very event, “Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain” (Acts 2:23). Even in this most tragic and wicked moment, God’s eternal purposes were being fulfilled. If His will was accomplished through the evil actions of men in this, the greatest of all events, can we not also trust that He is accomplishing His will in our lives, even when we cannot yet see it clearly?