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“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).
This verse goes along well with what we had before us yesterday. We may have plans of our own, but God has called us according to His purpose. What does this mean? If we read the next verse in the chapter (vs. 29), we find that God wants us to be “conformed to the image of His Son.” He wants us to be more and more like Christ, and He orders our lives for that purpose.
He may allow difficulties in our lives, and of course we sometimes cause problems for ourselves by wanting our own way. It is worth it to have the Lord direct our lives if we become more like Christ through it all. An older brother used to remind us that ‘the secret of a happy Christian pathway is to take your circumstances FROM the Lord, and your difficulties TO the Lord.” This is a good thing for all of us to remember.
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