Believe It or Not, God Fits Us into His Story

Royal Priesthood, Holy Nation                                              Acts 1:1

Believe It or Not, God Fits Us into His Story

by Robert T. Cooper

The Story of what God was doing here on Earth was going on before my part in that Story came along. He was working in the lives of my great-grandparents, my grandparents, and my parents. From the time of my birth there were some other people around me that God was working in their lives. God began to fit me into His Story.

By God’s grace I placed my faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I became a disciple of Christ. By the teaching of the indwelling Holy Spirit and by His use of folk who invested in my life, I learned to walk with Jesus day by day. He even used me in ministry and made me fruitful to the praise of His glorious Name.

The Story goes on. Perhaps it will continue after I have been taken from the Story.

Luke begins the book of Acts talking about his former book, the Gospel of Luke. God’s Story began even before then. It began “in the beginning.” Luke wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach. The book of Acts was to be a continuation of God’s Story. That’s the same Story that has continued down to the present day.

Have you thought about what God was doing here on Earth before your part in His Story came along? Whose lives was He working in? Which people has He put around you to work into your life? How has God begun to fit you into His Story?

I look forward to your comments.