God is in Control - First Commandment

Story goes with the question: How much power does God have? All the power.

When I was a child, my family and I were on a vacation. We were driving in our van. Our van had a door on it that was really hard to close. We really had to yank on the door to get it closed. But once it was closed, it wouldn't jostle or make any noise whatsoever; and if it was closed right, it would take quite the yank to open that door. Sometimes, we would not close the door the right way, and whenever that happened, the door would jostle to let us know it wasn't closed all the way. And if it wasn't closed all the way, the door could just fly open with even the slightest yank.

One day, we were travelling back home from our vacation. We had begun early in the morning before the sun had come out, and we were making good time. After we stopped for breakfast, we got back on the interstate. The interstate was crowded. We had cars behind us and cars in front of us. We had a huge 18-wheeler truck on one side of our car and we had a small red convertible in front of us.

All of a sudden the door started jostling. My mom told my dad that the door probably wasn't shut right, so my dad pulled over to the side of the road. But when my mom got out of the van to check our door, she couldn't get it open. The door was stuck very tight, and wasn't loose at all. My parents were a bit perplexed by this, but there's no sense in staying on the side of the road when you need to get back home.

My dad got back on the interstate and we started traveling, but all of sudden the traffic came to a halt. Some accident had happened up ahead of us on the road. When we came up on that accident, we found the big 18-wheeler had run over and flattened the little red convertible that had been in front of us.

God is in control of all things. God made our door shake so that we would be safe and not be in that accident. God also made that truck run over that red convertible. We cannot always understand God's will for our lives, but we must submit to His will.

How much power does God have? All the power.