Accepting Good Along With the Bad
“What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and not receive evil?” (Job 2:10)
I find it interesting that, when things are going well, people want to pat themselves on the back. “Look what I’ve accomplished,” they say. Yet when tragedy strikes, the one who gets the blame is often God. Rarely does someone admit that the shape they find themselves in is either their own doing or something that God wants to use to produce a greater Godliness in them.
Think of everything Jesus went through. His cross was much heavier than ours; yet He went through it humbly out of obedience to the Father and He received a greater reward because of it.
Maybe the greatest struggle is remembering that God’s plans for us are good but not evil. Yet “good” is exactly God’s heart toward us. He died for us while we were yet sinners and now He lives to ever intercede for us. (Hebrews 7:25) If that’s not love, I don’t know what is. Let’s be faithful to praise Him in all things and allow Him to continue the work that He’s begun in our lives. If not for the “bad,” we would not be the people we are today.
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