He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!
Psalm 103:5
God is and will always be good. One of the most common phrases I hear well-meaning Christians say to one another is “Everything happens for a reason.” and “God always has a plan.”
First and foremost, we must always remember the character of God—God is good. So, if your friend gets into a car accident it wasn’t because God had a plan, it was because somebody forgot to hit their brakes (perhaps because they were too busy talking on the phone). That wasn’t God’s plan. However, God can use moments like these to reach and teach others.
I definitely believe that God can take horrible situations and stupid mistakes and turn them into something good. Does He always? Nope. But that doesn’t mean that God doesn’t love us. There is a certain thing in this world known as ’cause- and-effect’. Because you did not pay your electric bill, your lights got turned off. Because you did not buy groceries, you don’t have any food at home. Because you decided to stay out all night, you slept through your 5 a.m. alarm.
God is in control…no doubt about it. But just because you are in control of something doesn’t mean that you caused something to happen. For instance, a manager of the store is in control of the store, but if an associate steals that does not mean he caused that to happen. Same goes for God. We have this thing called…yep...free-will. I have mine and you have yours; everybody else has theirs. Think about it! That’s a lot of free-will that’s floating around.
Does God intercede and stop bad things from happening…of course. Why He does or does not is His business. My job is to remember what Jesus said…
“The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy.
My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.”
John 10:10
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Thank You for being good to me, God. Amidst all that is happening in the world, help me to see things through Your eyes and remember that You are good and You always will be. Amen.
