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Keep an Eye Out-- Daily DevotionalIn Touch Ministries God will work everything out for your good—even when life seems hopeless.Acts 17:24-31 “He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples, (25) and human hands can’t serve his needs—for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need. (26) From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.(27) “His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us. (28) For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ (29) And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.K30) “God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him. (31) For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead.”--- Acts 17:24-31At times God’s work is dramatically obvious—as when He parted the Red Sea to deliver His people from slavery in Egypt. And at other times, what He does is inconspicuous. For example, the air in our lungs is provided by Him daily. Either way, He is always accomplishing something, whether we perceive it or not. Imagine how greatly we’ll be blessed if we can increase our awareness of how God is orchestrating all things for our good. Romans 8:28 says: And we know that God causes everything to work together[a] for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.The demands of a busy schedule sometimes leave little room for quiet moments in God’s presence. Without periods of meditation and prayer, our spiritual senses become dull. But when we regularly communicate with our Father and spend time pondering His Word, we will see things more clearly. Then we can better appreciate all that He is working to accomplish in, through, and for us.The same is true in our prayer life. For instance, we readily acknowledge the Lord’s intervention and rejoice when it occurs on our behalf. But if our request isn’t granted or timing doesn’t match ours, we might incorrectly conclude He’s inactive. However, today’s reading demonstrates the magnitude of God’s power and care, and we can watch with joyful expectancy for whatever He chooses to bring about.