Verse of the day: Romans 8:31-32 What then shall we say to these things? If
God is for us, who can be against us? He who did
not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with
Him also freely give us all things?
As we continue to consider what
it means for God to work all things out for our good, we cannot discount all
that the Apostle Paul pointed out in this chapter. We have been adopted into
His family (v. 15). He has given us His Spirit who intercedes and strengthens
us (v. 16-17, 26-27), and does this all by His grace. So, if He has done all
this when we do not deserve it, why would we doubt that He would work out all
circumstances for our good? If God is for us, there is no one that can stand
against us; for nothing can separate us from His love, whether tribulation,
distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, sword, death, angels, or
anything else for that matter (v. 35, 38-39). The greatest thing that God did,
and biggest sacrifice that He made, was not sparing His Son, our Lord and
Savior for our salvation; and He did this even while we were yet His enemies
(Rom 5:8). If He made such a sacrifice, the Apostle Paul asks, “How shall He
not with Him also freely give us all things?” The bottom line is that God is
not obligated to do anything for us or in our favor. Yet, He freely offers us
eternal life, and therefore, anything short of that is not impossible when it
comes to God working situations and circumstances out in our lives. No matter
who comes against us, or what schemes others try to launch against us, God will
intervene in His own way, and in His own time. There are even those moments
when we make a mess out of our lives by the decisions and choices we make, and
yet, God in all His love and grace, still can make, and will make, something
beautiful from it. This does not mean that there will not be consequences that
are painful or that we may have to endure for the remainder of our time here;
but God is faithful to us, even when we fail. We can always praise God that He
is better to us than we deserve and is always ready to restore us to fellowship
with Him and rebuild what has been broken, when we repent, confess, and turn
back to Him (1 John 1:8- 2:2). The bottom line is that we must not forget that
we have a promise from God; a promise whose foundation is in the fact that God
first gave us His Son freely, and promises to take care of us (1 Peter 5:7),
even through the most difficult of circumstances, when we do not understand it,
or maybe even like it. In the end (and I cannot say this enough) it will always
work out, without fail, in our best interest, for our good, and for His glory.
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