Coincidences

The good is the eternal enemy of the best.

Arthur Burk

I almost do not want to post this, but out of respect, affection, concern for truth, and a whole host of other reasons, I will.

I am going to say something that may shock some of y’all, but y’all need to hear it.

Coincidences do exist, and coincidences can happen.

Sometimes the L-rd allows coincidences to happen.

Sometimes He is behind those consequences.

And sometimes He is nowhere to be seen when events coincide.

And as much as we might want to parrot the idea that, “there are no coincidences in the kingdom of G-d” or “there is no word for ‘coincidence’ in Hebrew”, we need to be awakened to the idea that Father will allow coincidences to come into our lives just because He wants to see if we are paying attention.  Further, in us, He wants to expose times when we are lazily relying on circumstances to tell us what to do.  Dad did not design us to merely read whatever tea leaves may be in front of our faces at the time.

Coincidences do exist.  And I am sick of seeing people shipwreck because they used a series of unexplainable events as proof that Path X is the will of G-d.

Sloppy discernment merely assumes that G-d is speaking in everything that could be explained by coincidences, even a series of those.

The enemy can use familiar spirits to rig a series of events in order to get us to believe something, an event, or an end is the will of G-d.

What might actually be happening in a given situation or series of circumstances could be just a coincidence or coincidences.

Or it might be something worse.

I have kept my mouth closed on the subject of coincidences repeatedly.

And now, I need to speak more clearly.

If nothing than for the simple fact that I have, in the past, let others talk me into coincidences-as-really-the-voice-and-the-expressed-will-of-G-d.

Sometimes G-d will speak through something which could otherwise be seen as a coincidence.

And sometimes, we let our discernment get so sloppy that we let coincidences speak where they were not designed to speak.

Questions

My question for you is, “can you tell the difference?”

Do you know when a series of coincidences is just that?

Do you know when that thing that you are enamored with is not the making of G-d?

Are you actively increasing you discernment, or are you letting circumstances and coincidences, which do exist, carry you away.

Conclusion

Sometimes the bird, or the number, or the color, or the woman, or the man overhead is just that.

Sometimes, it is a thing of G-d.

Sometimes it is a thing of your own doing.

And sometimes it is a thing of the enemy.

We cannot afford sloppy discernment.

Sometimes a headache is just a headache.

Sometimes the number 22 is just the number 22.

Sometimes a bird in your yard is a bird in your yard.

And sometimes it isn’t, and there is a bigger picture going on.

Are you are you open to understanding the difference?

Do you know the difference?

And do you have the wisdom to actuate accordingly?

The following is in part a good help.

https://theslg.com/cd-albums/developing-discernment

Beyond this album, I would heartily recommend the following counsel.

Do not believe every spirit/circumstance/situation. Rather, out every spirit/situation/circumstance to the test. Feel it out before you swallow it, lest you swallow a camel.

We need more people to inspect fruit rather than just eating everything they are handed. And yes, we need more people who can flow in mishpat, execution, judgment, and justice.

We cannot afford more Needless Casualties of War, just because the stars aligned in a situation…

Or just because something is pleasing to behold; behaves like nourishing food, has vitamins, and minerals, and nutrients; is USDA-approved; and is desirable to make one wise.

Just because it is good does not mean it is G-d.

We are in this mess as humans precisely because the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge was GOOD FRUIT.  That fruit was “pleasing to the eye and good for food, and desireable to make one wise”.  But we need to know when the L-rd is telling us to stay away from something good because there is a higher purpose for Him in us.