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Daily Inspiration Quote by Tim LaHaye

"But then one day the Lord put us together through our agent and it's been a wonderful match"

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The sly comedy here is that divine providence arrives, not on a mountaintop, but through “our agent.” Tim LaHaye compresses two American faiths into one sentence: the evangelical conviction that God is personally directing your life, and the showbiz/business reality that careers and relationships are brokered by professionals. The line works because it refuses to treat that collision as a contradiction. It treats the marketplace as just another channel for the Almighty, a sanctified version of networking.

LaHaye’s intent is to normalize a partnership by framing it as God-ordained, which is especially useful for a public-facing ministry brand. If the match is heaven-made, questions about strategy, ambition, or mutual benefit get politely rerouted. The phrase “one day” gives the story a conversion-testimony arc: long wandering, then sudden alignment. “Wonderful match” borrows the language of romance and commerce at once; it’s a marriage metaphor and a product-market fit. The word “match” also implies complementarity rather than hierarchy, a gentle way to describe collaboration without acknowledging power, contracts, or calculation.

Context matters because LaHaye wasn’t only a clergyman; he was a media operator, best known for the Left Behind franchise and the broader Christian publishing-industrial ecosystem. In that world, agents, co-authors, and distribution deals aren’t embarrassing secular intrusions - they’re instruments. The subtext is reassurance to believers: you can build an empire, work the channels, and still claim spiritual authenticity. God didn’t just bless the outcome; He apparently booked the meeting.

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LaHaye, Tim. (2026, January 16). But then one day the Lord put us together through our agent and it's been a wonderful match. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-then-one-day-the-lord-put-us-together-through-102937/

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LaHaye, Tim. "But then one day the Lord put us together through our agent and it's been a wonderful match." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-then-one-day-the-lord-put-us-together-through-102937/.

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"But then one day the Lord put us together through our agent and it's been a wonderful match." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-then-one-day-the-lord-put-us-together-through-102937/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Tim LaHaye (April 27, 1926 - July 25, 2016) was a Clergyman from USA.

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