God Works for the Good
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Originally written by Charles H. Spurgeon, published in “Mornings & Evenings,” entry for August 5th, AM.
Updated to modern English by Darren Hewer, 2009.
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28
About some things, believers are absolutely sure. We know, for example, that God sits in the controls of the ship while it navigates the rockiest water. We believe that God’s invisible hand is always on us, and that wherever our world may drift, God is steering it.
This reassuring knowledge should prepare us for everything. We look at the raging water, and see the spirit of Jesus walking the waves. We hear a voice saying, “It is I, be not afraid.” (John 6:20)
We know that God is always wise, and so we are confident that there can be no accidents, no mistakes. Nothing can occur that God is somehow unaware is happening. We can truthfully say, “Even if I lose all I have, it is better that I lose it than have it, if God wills it. The worst calamity is the wisest and the kindest thing that could befall to me if God wills it.” We can say this because “we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him.”
Christians don’t just believe this as a theory, but instead know it as fact. Everything can work for good, such as when dangerous and deadly drugs, mixed in the right proportions, can become a powerful cure. Believing that God rules all, that He governs wisely, and that He brings good out of evil, our hearts will be assured. You and I are enabled to calmly meet each trial as it comes. Christians can, in the spirit of true surrender, pray, “Send me what you will, my God, so long as it comes from You. Never has there come an ill portion from Your table to any of Your children.”
Remember that God has servants everywhere, His method is holy, His heart profoundly kind, and His timing is always perfect.
Question: How can you think of examples of how God has used things in your life for good, even when the situation seemed bleak?
About this Author: Charles Spurgeon
God is awesome in the grandest sense of the word. My daughter died during child birth last July and it was devastating for my family and I. My wife nearly died in the process as well. However through the events that occurred one life was given to the Lord. That life then had a marriage saved. That life brought others to Christ and eventually a child was born that was going to be aborted. We miss our daughter immensely but to know that out of our grief God was glorified, it has allowed us to heal in the most amazing way. God Bless