That's Why It's Called His-Story

579 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 2Sa 17:14 So Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than the advice of Ahithophel." For the LORD had purposed to defeat the good advice of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring disaster on Absalom. (2 Sam 17:14) History gives us some great examples of “good advice” defeated or ignored. Many cases simply defy all logic and should cause all to ponder the Sovereignty of God. Napoleon and Hitler both rejected the advice of advisers who urged them not to open up a two front war by attacking Russia. This was a fatal mistake for both men. In 1940 Hitler missed two major opportunities to defeat Britain when it was weakest. In June, when allied defenses in France and Belgium collapsed, he ordered his tanks not to attack the British force of 338,000 soldiers besieged on the beach at Dunkirk. So the most powerful units of the German army had to idly watch from short distance as the core of the British army was allowed to escape from a hopeless situation. Three months later, in the peak of the Battle of Britain, when the German Air Force was getting close to breaking the smaller British Air Force, Hitler changed the objective of the German Air Force from defeating the British Air Force to killing the people of London in an air bombardment campaign. The result was that the British Air Force could then recover, keep fighting effectively, and win the battle, keeping Britain from invasion. Hitler, Napoleon, Absalom, it makes no difference, kings can only advance as far as the Sovereign God allows.....that's why it's called His Story. So why does God allow them to advance in the first place? Many times, it's a matter of giving us what we ask for. Take Hitler for instance. He came to power on the heels of the eugenics movement championed by Margaret Sanger of Planned Parenthood. Hitler showed us the hellish destination of unchecked eugenics. You'd think we'd learn! We tend to wring our hands over the decisions made by those in power, but very often, we are just getting what we ask for. No need to fret. God is in control and they can only go as far as He allows for Pr 21:1 says, “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.”