John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.”
This is one of the BIG truths about reality.
We live in a created world. The creator reigns and rules and governs EVERYTHING.
Nothing exists, nothing breathes without the creator saying so.
We are created beings (in His image amazingly!) and everything we have and will have comes because God says so. Or said differently, everything happens for two reasons. To make us into the image of Christ, and to display the glory of God.
That is a lot to think about. That is one of the wonders of wonders.
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