It Is Good to Be Thankful: Appreciation makes the world a better place…
Remember the old Mission: Impossible television series? I’m not talking about those modern crash/bang movies starring Tom Cruise. I’m referring to the original weekly series where someone like a Mr. Phelps would receive a cassette tape with a limited amount of information on it. After he listened to it only once, it would self-destruct. Then he was expected to fulfill his mission.
The person on the tape would say something like, “As always, should you or any of your Mission Impossible Team be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct in ten seconds. Good luck!” Just think! He only had ten seconds to absorb what he needed to know to carry out a mission. It’s a good thing Mr. Phelps knew what he was doing. If I had received that tape, the mission would be doomed.
Sometimes I feel like my life is a doomed mission. I feel like I don’t have near enough information to carry out my earthly duties. I’m so thankful that God is my Mission Control or I would never make it. I’m operating on a “need to know” basis, and I must rely on God to let me know what I need to know when I need to know it. In a way, I’m flying blind. Flying blind is an expression that means to fly a plane in a low visibility area, relying on the plane’s instruments. In my case, I must rely on God.
In Isaiah 42:16, God says that He will bring the blind by a way they did not know. “I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them. I will make the crooked places straight. These things will I do for them and not forsake them.”
Each day we face new challenges. Many days we are thrust into a different, unknown territory. We feel ill equipped to navigate areas with which we are unfamiliar. However, we can step into the unknown with confidence because God, our Mission Control, our Guide, our Provider has proven Himself faithful and true in our lives. He knows what lies ahead and sees what we cannot. We can rely on Him to lead us.
I’m so thankful that no mission is impossible when God is in control. (Matthew 19:26)
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“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord...” ~ Psalms 92:1 (KJV)
