“Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.” Jeremiah 32:17 NIV
Selling a house brings with it a crazy routine.
Since we put the FOR SALE sign in our yard, we often spend our early evenings swirling around the house cleaning and de-cluttering. We then rush out the back door turning on every single light in the house. An hour later, we return to find all the lights off and nothing to show for our cleaning frenzy other than a signature on the register of showings.
We’ve performed this routine far too many times and discouragement hovers over us each time we hear the buyers loved our home but decided to purchase another property.
In my pent-up desire to move to a bigger home and take advantage of the favorable interest rates, I threw myself at God’s feet and wondered why He, who can do anything hadn’t brought us a buyer yet. I left my time with Him feeling peace but still anxious over the outcome of our attempt to sell this 90-year-old home.
Later that evening, we found ourselves seated at the dinner table with a sudden request from someone to come to our home as soon as possible. The madness of rushing through our rooms while corralling our two children, began again and we left thirty minutes later with the potential buyer in the backyard.
Inside, my heart rejoiced because this could be the one. Maybe God would quickly answer the cries of my heart from earlier in the afternoon and sell our house that day. However, we returned home again with no immediate offer.
As I routinely do, I checked the sign-in sheet and found myself reading a word God Himself must have written. There on the realtor signature line, I read the word “Sovereign.” Although I later learned the agent’s last name is Sovereign, at that moment, I saw evidence of God’s hand directing the sale of our home.
He knew I needed to be reminded of a single word. His sovereignty had not changed. My understanding of His ultimate control had become clouded and, out of love, He once again revealed Himself as the Sovereign Lord for whom nothing is too difficult.
Angie Reedy is a freelance writer living in Central Illinois. For six years Angie wrote market and competitive analyses for a Fortune 50 company, but now focuses her corporate writing and editing experiences into subjects of authentic life and faith. She writes a monthly newspaper column for an Illinois regional newspaper and regularly updates her blog, www.realreedy@blogspot.com. Angie is married to Walter and loves the daily surprises that come with parenting her two young children.
