All Things Will Work Out For Good For Believers

"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."  Romans 8:28 (NIV)

In his letter to the believers in Rome, the Apostle Paul told them that The Lord God would work everything out for the benefit of those who loved Him, according to His purpose and plan for their life.

Nothing in this world happens by chance.  All things occur according to the permissive will of God, both the good things (James 1:17), and the bad things. (Job 1:9-12)  God has a purpose for everything. (Ecclesiastes 3:1)  He permits some things to occur as trials or tests of our faith. (1 Peter 1:7)  When bad things happen, we should have the attitude of Job and say The Lord has given and The Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of The Lord. (Job 1:21)  The Apostle Paul also had the right attitude when he said that he had learned to be content in whatever situation that he is in, good or bad. (Philippians 4:11-12)  When thing seem to be going bad, we need to remember that God is still in control.  God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omni-present. (Matthew 28:18, 1 John 3:20, and Proverbs 15:3)  It has been said that life is a series of storms, we are either in one, just coming out of one, or heading into one.  But we know that He controls the storms, literally and figuratively. (Mark 4:39)  We should learn to count every storm as joy because it is all part of the will of God. (James 1:2-3)  The Lord God will use the storms that we go through for our good. (Romans 8:28)  The things that seem to be meant for bad or evil, He can use them for our good. (Genesis 50:20)  We will be blessed for persevering and keeping the faith through the storms of life. (James 1:12)