God Will Do A Good Work

A good portion of my phone contacts have been lost.  No one seems to know how or why it happened.  It is increasingly clearer to me that technology can make life difficult at times. 

The question is . . . where did those contacts go . . . is there a place in cyberspace that lost information is swirling around?

What we don’t understand . . . the things that occur that seem out of our reach . . . can and will be used for a purpose . . . if . . . we are open to the “more” God has for us.  God will use our circumstances, the good, the bad, and the ugly, as a catalyst to propel us into living more in the power of God and less in our limitations.

We are given an incredible promise, one that stretches hope and brings us to our feet . . . “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”  (Romans 8:28)

What does it mean to know that in all things . . .not just some things . . . God will work for the good.  There is one disclaimer . . . this promise is for those who love God.  That’s it . . . nothing else . . . love God . . . and God will work all things together for good.  Isn’t that a powerful promise to live with each day?

So.  The book of Acts , written at the time when the Church began unfolds the story of people living through the belief that God would do a good work in their life regardless of the hardships associated with being Christ followers:   

A few sentences express it all:

 Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading the word only among Jews. Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. The Lord's hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord (Acts 11: 19-21).

The people were persecuted; however, the more of God occurred . . . a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.  The thing is . . . the presence of God in our lives changes everything.  The battle is won; God will do a good work in all things for those who love Him.

Look beyond the circumstance.

See what God is doing.

Celebrate that no matter how it appears, God is doing a good work in all things.

Learning with you to KICK START the day . . . knowing God will do a good work in all things.

                                      Pastor Kerrie

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