July 25, 2020 CAC Living Water Devotional :- GOD WORKS IN ALL THINGS (II)
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Saturday, July 25, 2020.
GOD WORKS IN ALL THINGS (II)
Read: Romans 8:28-32
Romans 8:28-32 We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose.
For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren.
And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being].
What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?]
He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?
MEMORISE: For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. (Jeremiah 29:11)
EXPOSITION
A wise Bible teacher once said, “God allows everything into our lives for one or two purpose either to bring us into a relationship with Himself or if we already know him, to make us more like His son.” This is very true.
Join Erickson Tada, an inspirational speaker, author, and singer, is a quadriplegic (one affected with partial or complete paralysis of both the arms and legs, especially because of spinal cord injury or disease in the region of the neck) who had been confined to a wheelchair for more than 40 years. When people asked her why God allows suffering, she often said, “God allows what He hates to accomplish what He loves.” And what does God love? For people to enter into relationships with Him and become more like Him. Joni’s life and ministry are a stunning testimony of how God can use a tragedy, like a paralysing diving accident to impact the lives of millions, positively.
Adrian Rogers, in the Billy Graham training seminar, “Rising Above Your Circumstances,” said, “This is not conjecture, this is nog happenstance, this is not perhaps, this is not maybe; this is ironclad certainty. ‘We know that all things work together for good,’” Those who are called are those the Holy Spirit convinces and enables to receive Christ. Such people have a new perspective, a new mind-set about life. They trust in God, not in life’s treasures, they look for their security in heaven, not on earth. They learn to accept, not resent, pain and persecution because God is with them. They never doubt the fact that God has the best at heart for them, now and in the future (Jer. 29:11)
PRAYER POINTS
1. Almighty God, grant me the grace to rise circumstances in life, in Jesus name.
2. Father, give all your children the grace to enter into relationships with You and become more like Jesus in Jesus name.
3. Heavenly Father, grant all Christians the grace to have new perspective and new mind-set about life, in Jesus name.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Job 9-11