All Things Work Together For Good

And we know that all things

work together for good to those who love God,

to those who are called according to His purpose.

Romans 8:28

For more than a year now, one of my favorite messages is this one. I love it's power, it's simple truth--All things work together for good. Not a few things, not some things, not most things, but ALL things! The good, the bad, the ugly, the things I do, the things I don't do, the things that are done to me, the things that happen around me, things to which I contribute, and things over which I have no control. God works it all out for my good and His glory, and this is how...

God's Pardon works all things together for my good. My sins are gone, wiped away, blotted out, forgiven, redeemed, forgotten, Praise God! I have made mistakes, and yes, I will make more mistakes still. But that cannot keep God from working those things out for good!

God's Presence in my life works all things together for my good. The Holy Spirit dwells in me, giving me great assurance of the salvation that is mine through Jesus Christ. It is His power that allows me me to call God Father, that empowers me to work and be a witness for Him, that enables to pray when I don't know how to pray! And the Spirit who knows the mind of God and the heart of man unites the two in supernatural prayer that my faltering tongue can't mess up, thus working things out for good!

God's Plan for my life works all things together for my good. Predestination is a rather controversial subject in many circles, but at the center of all the hullabaloo is the simple fact that God knows everything, has always known everything, and will always know everything. Nothing or nobody can change what God knows, for God's plan is unchangeable. His will may be thwarted, His plan never will be. From before the foundation of the world, God provided salvation through Jesus Christ for all who would come to Him; He knew all who would come to Him and predestined their appointment with Him. Then by His power He called them to Himself and justified them from their sins and glorified them with His presence! And since God knew everything that was ever going to happen to me and everything I was ever going to do, His plan for my life works all things out for my good!

God's Power works all things together for my good. He who has saved me is also able to keep me from stumbling, and the Word assures me that nothing can separate me from the love of God. I can walk away from it, but none can take it from me. God is for me, none can be against me. I am more than a conqueror through Jesus Christ, and I can overcome all things through Him who gives me strength. He who laid hold of me will never let me go, but instead will work all things out for my good!

And what of death? What of peril or persecution, what of nakedness or starvation, what of hardship and trial? Can anything separate me from the love of God? No! God's pardon, God's presence, God's plan, and God's power work every possibility out for my good! And why? Because I love Him and I am called according to His purpose!