‘No God, no potatoes’

In Him we live and move and have our being. – Acts 17:28

It’s been said that in the former Soviet Union the peasant farmers often enjoyed telling a humorous story to lighten their dreary lives.

It seems that one day a government official came to a farmer and inquired about the year’s potato crop. "Oh, it was wonderful," the farmer replied slyly. "It was so big it reached up to the very foot of God."

The commissar’s countenance quickly changed. With a scowl, he said, "But comrade, this is a communist state and we are atheists. You must not forget, there is no God!"

"Ah, that’s my point," the farmer replied. "No God – no potatoes!"

Yes, whether we believe it or not, God is the source of all things (Psalm 36:25).The apostle Paul told a pagan audience, "In Him we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28). And in Colossians 1:16-18, he focused on the great creating and sustaining work of God in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ. Without Him, we couldn’t draw a single breath, and our bodies could not function.

Do we confess faith in a personal God, to whom we owe our very existence, respond with thanksgiving, worship, and praise? If not, we differ little from that commissar who saw no connection between God and potatoes. – Dennis J. De Haan

Part of God’s name divinely stands

On every work impressed;

Each is the labor of His hands,

By each His power confessed. – Anon.

READ: Colossians 1:13-18

God is the first link in our life’s chain of events.