God Works For The Good

Of Those Who Love Him

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 God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

Romans 8:28-30

When Paul used the phrase “work together” in the context of suffering, he used the word from which we get our word synergy. He wrote, “We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” He wanted the Romans to know that God, who didn’t cause them suffering, would cause all their circumstances to cooperate with His divine plan – for their ultimate good. The good to which Paul referred was not the temporal blessings of health, wealth, admiration or success, but being “conformed to the image (God’s) Son.”

May we wait patiently and confidently because our heavenly Father is taking all the suffering, all the distress, all the evil, and causing them to work together for His glory and our spiritual good. He wants to make us like Jesus.

The growth we gain from waiting on God is often greater

than the answer or result we desire.

Our Daily Bread – January 11, 2017