All Things Work Together For Our Good

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.

For those He foreknew He also predestined

To be conformed to the likeness of His Son,

That He might be the firstborn among many brothers.

And those He predestined, He also Called;

Those He Called, He also Justified.

What, then shall we say in response to this?

If God is for us, who can be against us?

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?

Who will bring any charge against those who God has chosen?

It is God Who Justifies.

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 fro us.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness

Or danger or sword? As it is written:

'For your sake we face death all day long;

We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'

No, in ALL THINGS we are more than conquerors

Through Him who loved us.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,

Neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 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. (Romans 8:28-39)

When we are IN Christ, ALL THINGS work together for our good,

Without exception.

There is nothing that can happen to us that will not be for our good.

This is the wonder of Faith in Christ Jesus.

Take Job for example.

The trial that he went thorough, although it was exceedingly difficult,

Was for his good.

What does he say at the end of the trial:

'My ears had heard of You but now my eyes have seen You.

Therefore I despise myself and REPENT in dust and ashes.' (Job 42:5)

The Lord had Job pray for his friends

That had in essence persecuted him during his trial,

And the Lord forgave them.

And the Lord made him prosperous again

And gave him twice as much as he had before.

All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came And ate with him in his house.

They comforted and consoled him

Over all the trouble the Lord had brought upon him,

And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

The Lord blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the first.

(Job 42:1-12)

Why are we here on this earth?

Why were we given this natural life?

Why were we Called?

That we might spend Eternity with Christ Jesus in Heaven.

That is the sole purpose of our existence.

What is the purpose of the trials of this life?

That we would not look to this life as the end of all things;

That we would understand that the world we live in is a FALLEN WORLD

Lost and without Hope apart from Christ Jesus.

That this life is simply PREPARATION for LIFE in Heaven.

If we are willing to DIE to ourselves in this life,

Only then are we PREPARED for LIFE in Heaven.

There is no LIFE to be found in this life.

The only LIFE to be found in this life is to be found in Christ Jesus

Who is not of this world, even as we cannot be of this world

And belong to Him. (John 17)

All those in God's Gallery of Faith understood this.

Abraham left his father's house and all he knew

To go to a land promised by God.

He was looking forward to a City whose Architect and Builder was God.

(Hebrews 11:10)

And that is what we are looking forward to.

Therefore, we rejoice in the trials of this life

Because they are our PREPARATION for LIFE in the City of God, FOREVER.

Today, the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)

America is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.

Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!

Father, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!