At
the heart of God’s will from our human perspective is the question “Why?” Why do we have to fear cancer? Why did mother and daddy divorce? Why did ______ have to die?
As
I gazed off of the page, I noticed on the bird bath a one-legged purple
finch. I have seen waterfowl with
amputations from turtle bites, but I wondered “How did this cute little fellow
lose his leg? And why?”
A
favorite passage of many is in Romans 8: 28, “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.” There is a
peace about that verse. It tells me that
if I am His, no matter what may come my way; in the end all is good; all will
be well. I can trust God with all the
ultimate outcomes.
R.C. Sproul
explained it this way using the story of Joseph as an illustration. There is the proximate purpose (close at
hand) of things and there is the remote purpose (the distant and ultimate) of
things. Joseph summed up his life and God’s purposes in Genesis 50:20, “Even
though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to
preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.” No matter the current circumstances in your
life, remember these truths that help us live life trusting in the promise of
never-ever that “nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:39
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