peace to live by

Events Not Going God's Way, Part 1 (TMF:2876)

Monday, May 18, 2026
Peace to Live By: Events Not Going God's Way, Part 1 (TMF:2876) - Daniel Litton
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       Satan is reaping havoc on things, on the world, and people are choosing the wrong path. Paul and his companions are being persecuted. Nonetheless, it happened to Jesus first. He rode into Jerusalem on the donkey. He should have been crowned as King. Yet he wasn’t. He was crucified instead. While God said this would happen, it wasn’t his first plan. Not at all. His first plan, going all, all the way back, was to have Adam and Eve reside in the Garden sin-free, and then populate the earth sin-free. God never wanted them to sin. Sin is never what God wants. And then, some would say God wanted to establish the earthly Kingdom for the Israelites first while Jesus was here on the earth, but then he was crucified. That certainly can be debated. But the point is that events don’t always go God’s way, as Paul was now in prison, and he asked the Colossians to pray for him to be released so that he could go around and proclaim the good news.