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*Text: Rom. 8: 28*
“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.”
Jesus said, “My Father is always working, and so am I” (John 5: 17). God is always at work, but often times especially for the undiscerning, His work is not seen but its effect cannot be ignored. As God’s children, God works secretly within us to remove the dross in our lives, to fulfil His purpose in us and ultimately to make us fit for His Kingdom. Our text is an extra-ordinary promise that confirms this and that assures us that whatsoever we go through in life, God knows about it and it is for our good, because in all situation that we are confronted with in life, God has our best interest at heart.
God’s ultimate goal always result in God’s glory. Apostle Paul explained it this way “In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace… to the end that we who were first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory…with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His of His glory.” (Eph. 1: 4b-6a, 12, 14b). The primary reason God is working everything out toward His intended outcome is “to the praise of His glory.” God sets about to guarantee all that He has created fulfils and satisfies its intended purpose, which is to bring glory back to Himself. Like it or not, God exist for His own glory and so does everything He made, He made it for Himself. That is the reason the things He made exist and that is the reason we exist. We are made for God, our lives are not about us; they are about Him and His glory. Anything therefore that competes with, negates or downplays God’s glory exist in a perpetual state of misalignment. Such thing is out of order. God made all things to display His attributes, character and power. And so the pathway to pleasing God is for you to ensure that you live daily for His glory that is the right reason for living that should be our reason for living.
There is however another reason why God causes all things to work together, He does it for our good. Essentially that means that God is using the things we go through to bring about our benefit. The word “good” means “that which is beneficial”. Thus, God is also seeking to bring about benefits and blessings in the lives of those who love Him and walk according to His path and purpose. Now it is very important that we do not misread that verse to make look like it applies to everyone. The verse specifically refers to those who love Him, those who are called according to His purpose. Bad and unpleasant things happen all the time in this world and as they happen to bad people, they happen to good people as well. God does not commit Himself to causing all things work out together for good for everyone on the face of the earth, for those outside God’s purpose, some of these things will actually work to their disadvantage and nothing good may come out of it for them, for those who love God, those who are called according to His purpose, the story is different.
Our text does not say that God causes all things to be good, rather, it integrates all things to work together for good in the lives of those who love Him and follow His paths. His invisible hands operates behind the scene in the good, the bad and the ugly situations of life, He manipulates and maneuvers these situations towards His intended goal, which is, “the praise of His glory”.
Do you love God? Have you been called according to His purpose, that is, are you born again? Are you living daily for Him to be glorified in your life Then this word for today is for you, that whatsoever you may go through or may be going through right now, it will end in glory and praise to God, in other words, it will turn around for a testimony to the praise of God’s glory. Shalom
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