There Are No Coincidences

The title of this entry, “There Are No Coincidences,” was selected after a conversation I had with a friend. He had been convinced after conversations with others and science journals on the inner workings of the brain, that what I deem as an ‘Orchestration of God’ is a coincidence. 

My position is if it is only a coincidence, and he believes in God (which he says he does) then refusing to see God at work in the situation is the same as not believing in God at all. It is written, “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” 

What differentiates a person who says in his heart “There is a God” from one who says in his heart “There is no God?” This question, I believe, is the core of the difference in being able to see “God’s Orchestra” at work versus not and labeling unexplainable or random series of events as coincidences.

The differentiating factor is faith.  As it is written, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” This has to be done with the heart, not the head/brain.  By trusting in the creator of the Universe. The God who is bigger than you. The God who made you, loved you and sent His son to die for you; Jesus.   

By trusting your own thoughts on a topic (like a coincidence), another person or scientific journal, you are putting faith and trust in your understanding or that of someone else; not God. 

Bottom Line: Your trust is not in God. If you are not trusting God: your faith is not in God.  

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil.”  Proverbs 3:5-7 (NKJV)

Postscript: 

This article came about as a result of my having read Psalms 14(see below), four days ago.  

The next day, I met a young man at a restaurant.  During our conversation, a woman came in and made a remark on the exact topic we had been having before her entrance. 

After she left, the young man exclaimed, “How weird, we were just talking about that!”  

I told him, “That is not weird, God Orchestrated it.”   

Immediately, he uttered, “Let’s not go there.” I asked if he believed in God and he said he did not. He said he was a good person and did good works. 

For the next several days, articles on my social media news feed and national television news programs featured atheists. Coincidence, or God wanting to reveal Himself to men?  

 Psalms 14 

The fool has said in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt,

They have done abominable works,
There is none who does good.

The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.

They have all turned aside,
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.

 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call on the Lord?

There they are in great fear,
For God is with the generation of the righteous.

You shame the counsel of the poor,
But the Lord is his refuge.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord brings back the captivity of His people,
Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.