Look
among the nations and watchbe utterly astounded! Habakkuk 1:5
As the year 1999 came to a close, great leaders of the century were remembered, including
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin Roosevelt. During World War II,
they led Great Britain and the United States to defeat Nazism and Fascism.
Did you know that both men nearly lost their lives before the war began? In December 1931,
Churchill was struck by a car as he crossed Fifth Avenue in New York City. In Miami in
December 1933, an assassin's bullet barely missed Roosevelt and killed the man standing
beside him.
Both leaders could have died, but they survived. Why? I believe God wanted these two men
alive to lead their respective nations to victory over the enemy.
The Bible teaches that God causes nations and their leaders to rise and fall (Daniel 2:21;
4:32-35; 5:21). When Habakkuk complained that it didn't seem right for God to use wicked
Babylon to discipline Israel, the Lord assured the prophet that this did not mean evil
would triumph. God was still in control and would one day bring about perfect justice
(Habakkuk 2:13-14).
We too can be sure that our times are in God's hands. No matter what may happen in this
world, God still rules!
-DCE
This is my Father's world
Oh, let me ne'er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the Ruler yet.
-Babcock
God's sovereignty overrules any calamity.