ALL things work out for GOOD....

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Pastor Melvin said it so aptly today that many of us know the love & promises of God, but unfortunately not all of us believe or know them in our hearts. That is the root of the problem for many of us, isn't it?

I was again brought back to Romans 4:20-21 about the life of Abraham:

Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.

"Wavering through unbelief that God indeed had power to do what He promised" must then be THE problem that plagues us.

That is so true, isn't it?

Consider these promises of God in the Book of Romans:

RO 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. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
RO 8:31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:
"For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
RO 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Powerful promises. The truth is that if we really believe from our hearts that these promises will ring true regardless of what happens to us in this life, then surely our lives will always be victorious. How can we not be victorious? Not when THESE are the promises of God:

1. ALL things that happen in our lives (good, bad or even tragic) will eventually work out for our good
2. Through Christ we are more than conquerors
3. Most importantly, NOTHING will ever separate us from the love of God.

May the Lord help to engrave these promises into my heart, so that my life will always be lived out to manifest these victorious promises of God; and may I be increasingly unwavering in my faith and belief in God, that He has the power to deliver those promises ALL the time. Amen.
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