“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”
This is one of my favorite Bible verses. I refer to it many times when I am troubled or when worry wants to take hold in my life. I want to share it with you, and pray that it will do the same for you as it does for me. It is a great promise for all of those who believe in Jesus Christ. It is a promise that is certain: “And we know….” We do not have to wonder if Jesus is at work in our lives through the Holy Spirit. We can know it. There are not a lot of things that are as certain as this. We can’t predict what is going to happen in our lives in a day, but we can predict that whatever happens, Jesus will be a part of it and will do a work in our lives in the midst of it. We live in an age of uncertainty. One never knows when the next catastrophe will come, One never knows when a terrorist will strike somewhere in the world. We should be glad that in the midst of all of the uncertainty, we can depend on the love, presence and power of Jesus Christ in our lives. It is a promise that is complete: “that all things…” It is great to know that whatever we have to face on a given day, Jesus will be there with us and for us. “All things” does not mean that Jesus is selective in what He will help us with. “All things” can include the little bothersome things that happen to us in a day, the little irritations that can plague us and ruin our day. “All things” can include the big things that can happen to us in a day. We can receive a phone call that a dear friend or family member has died, or we can be diagnosed with some dreadful disease. There is no limit to what “all things”can include. It is good to know that whether our problems are big or little, we are covered by the love of Jesus. It is a promise that is conjoined: “All things work together for good…” When things are conjoined, it means that they are combined, or entwined. The good news here is that all of the things that happen in our lives are conjoined, combined or entwined, that is that they all work together. This is difficult for us to grasp sometimes, but we need to grasp it: All of the bad things that happen and all of the good things that happen are conjoined to work for our ultimate good. If you will think back on your life, you will remember times when you felt that things were hopeless, but then you saw light at the end of the tunnel and realized they were not hopeless, because things worked out after all. God combines all of the things in our lives and works them for our good. It is a promise that is conditional: “All things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to God’s purpose.” This is a promise for the people of God. It is for those who love God and are called to be His. We might say that it is for those who have accepted the call of God on their lives, and have accepted Jesus as their Savior. However we put it, it is a wonderful promise for those who believe. We can be sure that whatever life brings our way, whether good or bad, the Lord will work it to our ultimate good. We just need to be patient and, above all, believe that the One who made the promise can keep it. Bro. Joe
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