All Things for Good (Rom. 8:28-30)
Jacob's sons selling their brother Joseph into slavery. Image from WikiMedia Commons. Verse 28 contains one of the greatest promises in the entire Bible. It is the promise that all things are working together for the good of those who love God. What makes it such a great promise? It’s great and wonderful because it means that for those who love God there is nothing meaningless that happens to us. It isn’t just a promise that everything is going to turn out okay, but that everything that happens to us along the way is contributing to our future and eternal good. That is amazing and breathtaking and hope-giving. And it’s a great promise because it’s true. “And we know,” Paul begins. This is not something which may be true. It is true because God has revealed it to us in his word. This is not tentative for the Christian; it is something that is certain. And in our day when the world is the world, and there is so much chaos a...
