“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
(Romans 8:28 ESV)
Things happen to us that we cannot control and things happen to us that we bring upon ourselves through our actions, decisions, etc. When we experience pain and suffering, we don’t always understand God’s plan for us or why things happen to us.
Suffering is never wasted in God’s divine agenda. He will always use our suffering to bring about good in the end. He makes all things work together for the good of those who are called according to His purpose (see Romans 8:28).
Romans 8:28 is one of the most quoted verses in the Bible and for good reason. It helps us to understand that God makes everything work together to bring about a positive result and that gives us hope and brings us comfort in knowing that even though we don’t always understand why things happen, we know that God is always in control and He will make positive use of what we initially perceive to be negative. His ways are surely above our ways and His thoughts are definitely above our thoughts! (see Isaiah 55:8-9)
We must always place our trust in God and know that His plan for us is good. He is always at work cleaning up after the mess we make and making things turn out right in the end. He always knows what's best for us and always does right by us!
God is good all the time! And all the time God is good!
Father, Your thoughts are above our thoughts and Your ways are above our ways. We know that You are in complete control and that You make all things work together for our good. Your love never fails us. We love You and we thank You for Your everlasting love! In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen. †
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