For Our Good

There's so much that we don't know, but if we are a redeemed child of God, we can know our life is in His hands. We may not always feel it, but what we feel is not the test of what we know.

Romans 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God to them who are the called according to his purpose.

ALL THINGS: Every event of life for the child of God is either planned or permitted by God.

FOR GOOD: The "good" promised by God isn't always prosperity or happiness but spiritual rather than material--eternal rather than temporal.

Our immediate pleasures and comforts do not alter God's long-range plans.

TWO CONDITIONS: (1)  "To them that love God"--true believers.  (2) "To them who are the called according to His purpose"--those called to surrender to His purpose.

God's purpose is to conform us to the image of His Son (Romans 8:29).