Ep 424 – Acts 16:11-24

Devotionary

You’re probably familiar with the term, “The devil is in the details.” It is an idiom used to refer to those seemingly small and, often overlooked, aspects of our plans that can end up causing us serious problems later on. It is those unseen or unnoticed elements that can come back to bite us. But in Acts 16:11-24, we are going to see how God is the deity in the details. He is intimately involved in many of those seemingly small and insignificant parts of our lives that appear to be nothing more than luck or chance. For Paul and Silas, God was constantly arranging the details of their days, placing them in situations where they could be used by Him and His power could be displayed through them. There were no chance encounters. Every situation had the divine fingerprints of God all over it. And while Paul and Silas may not have immediately seen God’s presence or sovereign hand in every instant, they were always able to look back and recognize His divine oversight and providential role. Far too often, we fail to see that God is in the details of our lives. We don’t see our interactions with others as part of His plan for our lives. The people we meet and the circumstances we face are never the products of blind chance. They are the well-orchestrated byproduct of God’s all-knowing and all-powerful redemptive plan. Like Paul and Silas, we need to learn to look for God’s unmistakable presence and rest in His unshakeable control over the world He has made and all who live in it.