Pastor's Corner

for Sunday March 13th
All things means ALL THINGS!
Rom 8:28 tells us that “we know that in ALL things God works for the good of those who love him.” All things means ALL THINGS! Everything that affects the life of the believer is under God’s control and therefore is a part of His will for us. That is a hard truth to get our minds around sometimes because we are much more willing to attribute the pleasant events of our life to the hand of God than we are the painful experiences.
We find it difficult to believe that an act of deliberate cruelty intended by the offender to hurt us is really being used by God for our good. If we are to take Paul literally, included in the “all things” are those painful experiences we face; it includes the sin of others and our own sins too. “All things” means there is nothing which falls outside of God’s control and which works contrary to our good. How do we know that this is true? Because we see it demonstrated in the crucifixion of Jesus – here God takes the raw evil of Satan working through the hands of sinful men and turns it into the greatest “good”. That all who put their trust in Jesus will have eternal life! If God can turn that evil on its head the bad stuff in your life is a piece of cake!
Pastor Don.