Being a child of God comes with many, many benefits and assurances. One of them is that everything that happens in our life serves a purpose. Yes, everything serves a purpose.
With God, nothing is purposeless, coincidental, or by accident. The God who created the heavens and the earth is not capable of an accident. There is also nothing that has happened to you that He didn’t allow- even the bad, hurtful & shameful things.
Everything Serves a Purpose.
We must realize that all of our experiences are either God-sent or God-allowed. When we see Him in everything that comes our way, we’re able to respond the right way.
People often debate why God allows evil. Well, God loves us all so much that He created us with free will. If He didn’t, then we would all just be robots. We wouldn’t be us. It’s the things we do that make us who we are. We’re all uniquely fashioned by God:
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.”
– Psalm 139:14
Though we’re all imperfect and fall short (Romans 3:23), He still loves us and promises to never leave us nor forsake us:
“The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”
– Deuteronomy 31:8
Now, that’s love and assurance. And on top of that, God is so good, powerful, and magnificent, that He can still work with all of our mistakes and turn them into something good! Goodness, I love Him! He’s unmatched.
This is one of the ways that He displays His power and shows us that yes, my friends, He is God. And God alone.
“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.”
– Romans 8:28
Everything Serves a Purpose
God will often allow painful situations in our lives to prevent us from being “exalted above measure” (II Corinthians 12:7). We all need to be humbled, sometimes. If everything always went our way, we would be no good to anyone.
Our hurts develop our compassion.
When the apostle Paul cried out to God for relief from his pain, God’s reply was:
“My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.”
– II Corinthians 12:9
Life isn’t perfect. We’ve all experienced pain, hurts, and failures; but we must remind ourselves that with God everything serves a purpose. Sometimes it’s not even about the incident, but what God is doing through the incident.
Our key to success is to humble ourselves, pull close to God, and allow Him to perform His good work in us.
With love,
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