What an absolutely amazing night at Edge Together tonight! We had Robert Ferguson from Hillsong, and he was talking about the theology of coincidences. Yeah, I know, say whaaaaat?

So he goes on this storytelling mode about how his life is constantly made up of what we would term "coincidences", or "happenstance" - talking about a Brazilian church to a woman one day and walking into his office the next moment having someone pass him a long-lost CD of his preaching in that same Brazilian church years ago; travelling in the desert being a Tintin fan wishing there would be an eclipse and lo and behold it happened, meeting his brother's neighbour from an obscure English village halfway around the world in Australia... and other incredible stories. but in his many years of walking with God and having an intimate relationship with Him, he has come to realize that many times, these coincidences are just a part of God's bigger plan to bless him, simply because God loves him.

And why wouldn't we believe that? Is God really so busy that He wouldn't take the time to shower us with surprises once in a while? Simply because as our father he loves us and wants to see us smile? And for Him to care even about the birds of the air and the flowers in the field, what is too hard for Him? Why do we worry about life and all its trappings? He is way bigger than our circumstances!

For I am about to do a brand-new thing. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness for my people to come home. I will create rivers for them in the desert! Isaiah 43:19

As superstitious as this sounds, I truly believe everything in our lives happen for a reason. We were intricately formed in our mother's womb and the fact that we're even alive goes to show that we matter enough for God to want to have a hand in journeying us through.

So here's the thing right,

I hear all of that and I'm amazed and I go, wow God, I'm never alone and everything that happens in my life is a part of your divine plan. I was truly blessed by what I heard.

I digress. A couple of hours ago I tweeted that I was turning into a 'dreaming machine fuelled by junk food' because, well, I am I guess. And then a friend replied with just the title of a book/movie: "the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy"! So I go, yeah I've got to check it out, because I remember a few weeks ago this movie came on the telly and Glenn and Sandy were talking about it and I've never heard of it till then, the only thing I gathered was that the film was a little trippy, which is good cos I enjoy trippy stuff. So after seeing his tweet I just thought ok I will have to check it out soon-ish, and then I headed out to church without giving it another thought.

AND THEN

I came home and got changed in Sandy's office cos my room is just way too cold, and she's got this bookshelf with heaps of books which have not been moved around in ages, and it's funny cos I've stood in that exact same spot many times before to get changed, but never laid eyes on this thick black tome sitting just at waist level. So for some reason I caught sight of that book tonight, and guess what book it was?

WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

Seriously, coincidence you say? Na-uh, don't think so!

I wonder what it is about this book that's so special that God would draw my attention to it. Well, I'll find out soon enough.

But really, what I got out of tonight was a three-point world view: Revelation, expectation, perception. Just going about life knowing and expecting God to be involved. We are after all His creation.

Tonight's message was so simple, almost superstitious-sounding if you were a skeptic, yet it was powerful stuff. If we would just be more deliberate in the things that happen in our lives, we would realize that nothing happens by luck, chance or coincidence. It's just God fulfilling His promise of walking life's journey with us. EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. With some incredible surprises thrown in once in a while simply because He can. And because He likes doing it. How awesome is that hei?