In the life of a Believer there are occasions when God has a Q and A (question and answer) time with us. He doing the questioning and we left to answer. One of the most frequently asked questions, in my life at least, is, “How are things?” His question along this line is always the same. I’m ashamed to say mine is not. It fluctuates, depending on my circumstances.
The question and answer I refer to is when He asks, “Is it well with thy soul?,” and my answer is not always, “It is well.” Invariably, I answer in the negative whenever I have refused to accept or have forgotten the truth of Romans eight, twenty-eight. “ And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
There is no such thing as “bad news” for a child of God in the will of God! No matter what, it works out for our good and God’s glory. So that in the end we say, “He hath done all things well.” Nothing ever takes Him by surprise, He never sleeps, He is always on the job, 24/7. He does things, says the scripture, “according to the good pleasure of His will.” And whatever pleases Him should please us!
“When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.”
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