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This is one of those verses that perplex us most when the going is roughest. As long as the wind blows gently, we have no trouble saying, "Lord, I believe." But when the storms of life arise, we say, "Help Thou my unbelief."

And yet we know the verse is true. God does work all things together for good. We know it because the Bible says it. Faith appropriates it, even when we cannot see or understand.

We know it is true because of the character of God. If He is a God of infinite love, of infinite wisdom and of infinite power, then it follows that He is planning and working for our highest good.

We know it is true because of the experience of God's people. In Choice Gleanings the story is told of an only survivor of a wreck who was thrown on an uninhabited island. He managed to build himself a hut, in which he placed all that he saved from the wreck. He prayed to God for deliverance and anxiously scanned the horizon each day to hail any passing ship. One day he was horrified to find his hut in flames; all he had went up in smoke. But that which seemed the worst was in reality the best. "We saw your smoke signal," said the captain of the ship that came to his rescue. Let us remember that if our lives are in God's hands, "All things work together for good."

Admittedly there are times when faith falters, when the burden seems unbearable and the darkness unendurable. We ask in our extremity, "What good can possibly come out of this?" There is an answer. The good that God is working out is found in the next verse (Romans 8:29) - that we should be "conformed to the image of His Son." It is as the sculptor's chisel wastes away the marble that the image of the man appears. And it is as the blows of life chip away all that is unworthy in us that we become changed into His blessed likeness. So if you cannot find any other good in the crises of life, remember this one - conformity to Christ.

 

Bible Verses: Romans 8:28Romans 8:29

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