“我们知道，为了爱神的人，就是按他旨意蒙召的人的益处，万事都一同效力。”
罗马书 8:28
“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
Romans 8:28
When Paul used the phrase “work together” in the context of suffering, he used the word from which we get our word synergy. He wanted the Romans to know that God, who didn’t cause their suffering, would cause all their circumstances to cooperate with His divine plan—for their ultimate good. The good to which Paul referred was not the temporal blessings of health, wealth, admiration, or success, but being “conformed to the image of [God’s] Son” (v. 29).
May we wait patiently and confidently because our heavenly Father is taking all the suffering, all the distress, all the evil, and causing them to work together for His glory and our spiritual good. He wants to make us like Jesus.
Read 2 Corinthians 12:9, Philippians 1:6, and 1 Peter 5:10. What encouragement did you find for tough times?
The growth we gain from waiting on God is often greater than the answer or result we desire.
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