Is God Found In A Fortune Cookie?

By chance a Jewish priest came along; but when he saw the man lying there,
he crossed to the other side of the road and passed him by.
Luke 10:31 (NLT)

If a message in a fortune cookie comes true, is it from God or something else? Are there such things as chance, happenstance, luck and coincidence? The truth is, God decides who, what, when, where, why and how...the devil is simply a pawn in His hands.

18..."Listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven on his right and on his left. 19And the LORD said, `Who can entice King Ahab of Israel to go into battle against Ramoth-gilead so that he can be killed there?' There were many suggestions, 20until finally a spirit approached the LORD and said, `I can do it!'
   " `How will you do this?' the LORD asked.
    21"And the spirit replied, `I will go out and inspire all Ahab's prophets to speak lies.'
   " 'You will succeed,' said the LORD. 'Go ahead and do it.'
2 Chronicles 18:18-21 (NLT)

Do you see the decisions being made in the Temple of our Lord? God knows exactly what is going on on planet earth; there is a "battle plan." When the Lord asks, "How will you do this?" Do you think He doesn’t already know? He does, and He also knows the outcome. "You will succeed." Then He gives His permission, "Go ahead and do it."

What makes anything in this life a holy experience? It’s a heart alive for Jesus Christ, a mind focused on the things of God, a spirit filled with God’s Spirit...it’s not what we’re doing most times, it’s knowing that without God we wouldn’t be able to take the next breath if He did not give it to us. That makes every day we live a holy experience!

Then they cast lots, and in this way Matthias was
chosen and became an apostle with the other eleven.
Acts 1:26 (NLT)

It may seem to us that there is chance, luck, coincidence, but it is all in how we look at it and who we put our faith in. There is nothing secular in this world when a heart is given over to the love of God. Jesus didn’t leave His heart outside on the front step when He dined with sinners. He took His heart for the Father right into the house. Whatever He did, wherever He went, He had one purpose and that was to share the Good News to lost souls. God is everywhere at all times. It is not because it was written in a fortune cookie that things happen, or because someone dealt us a good hand in poker that we have good luck; it is the workings of God that brings all things together in perfect harmony. He just happens to use anything and everything in this world to make it happen!

In this world, it’s all God to those whose heart’s are all His!!