What You and The Times Square Bomber have in Common

This past week, a guy drove a SUV into times square and attempted to detonate a bomb. News flash- he failed. The bomb didn't go off. The people around tipped off the police and no one was hurt. Beautiful.

Did you notice what happened next? It took just over 50 hours for the dragnet of the NYPD and the supporting three letter agencies to apprehend this guy. They used military technology to track his cell phone and his whereabouts. They put him on the no-fly list and at the last minute, he was pulled off a plane that was bound for the middle east.

It was textbook police work that got this guy. I'm glad they did. Terrorists get no love in my book.

This guy, on some level, thought that whatever he did wouldn't be found out. That he could go and try to kill a bunch of innocent people and then go on with his life. He didn't seem to care about anyone else but himself and his cause. But here's the truth- he was found, and is going to be brought to justice.

Here's what I was thinking- the US Government was able to find this guy in about 2 days. What do you have in common with this guy? God can find you also. Its not as if you've done something bad, and that you need to be caught. The connection that I want to put out there today is this- God knows who you are and where you're at.

I want to encourage you with that truth- God knows. I realize at times it may not seem that way in the midst of your circumstance. It may seem as if God is not there, or that he is not working in your midst, but it only seems that way.

Right now. Today, the God of this universe is concerned with who you are and what you are doing. Yes, you may be going to through circumstance, but realize that circumstance has a way of developing character and fruit in your life that God can use to refine you into who he wants you to be.

Just because you're going through something doesn't mean that God has forgot about you.

Be encouraged today. Sure, there isn't a UAV Drone flying over the sky tracking your cell phone calls, but there is a God in the heavens that knows who you are and where you're at.

Be encouraged today. Be blessed.

matt