Good Monday morning! Frosty days are here again. What were you before the Lord found you at the bottom of that hole? Were you successful in the world? Maybe you could best be described as at the bottom rung of the worldly ladder or you might even say "I was way below that!" Everything that you and I were before the Lord lifted us up has been given over to Him. Perhaps the Lord has used your position in an organization and raised you further up the ladder. The Lord may have led you to another town, or to another organization, or even out of whatever land you thought was safety and security for you and your family. I see changes taking place all around me. Churches have been humbled through the recession. People have lost what we usually call 'everything' in their homes, jobs, savings, and unfortunately, families through the lingering effects of this economic upheaval. But what does God have in mind for us but our good, our development in His grace, and our eventual complete and utter sanctification? We know this, but we don't always remember it.
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28) Paul did not make this claim based on a "hope so" belief. He made that statement based on the same knowledge that Peter had when he answered the Lord's question with "You are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God." Jesus explained that Peter could only know this by the revelation of God's Holy Spirit. So many centuries later, we can know the same things. Jesus is the Christ and through Him all things work together for our good. Some of these things with their mean face pointed toward us do not seem to working together with anything for our good. We look and there only appears to be a host arrayed against us.
If she hadn't said this, and I hadn't done that, and this other meeting had gone differently, and why ever did that have to happen at all? We cannot figure out how all of this current situation can ever work out for our good. We cannot see what God sees just around that next corner, if only we could just have a glimpse, maybe, just maybe, we could have the faith to carry on to the finish. Even in the Great Tribulation there is hope for those who endure to the end. We have read this and yet we sometimes forget that it applies to us in our lesser tribulations as well. God has not stepped down off His throne to leave you alone for a while. Jesus sits beside the Father constantly upholding the universe with the mighty power of His command (Hebrews 1:3). And perhaps more important to your or my current situations, Jesus promised us that He would never leave us or forsake us. He promised that He would be with us always, even unto the end of the age. What exactly were we worried about now?
Trust in Jesus; this is all working out for good!Bucky
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