Can we trust God to define for us what “good” is?
As humans, we only see in part. God sees the full picture of how He is going to work ALL things together for good. In fact, sometimes we call things good that aren’t, or that hinder what God is trying to accomplish long-term. That’s when this verse feels false, but it isn’t.
In every circumstance of life, we can look at what God is aiming to accomplish from two possible perspectives—temporal or eternal. One is to seek out the immediate purpose for our current circumstances. We say to the Lord, “Why are You letting/not letting this happen? Why am I going through this? I need to see the right-now purpose for my pain/discomfort/hardships!” The 2nd and far more important perspective is to consider the much bigger, without-end purpose of God. It involves all we can’t see and a grand, overarching purpose that has existed for all time.
God IS good.
But if we have an incorrect understanding of our role in God’s plan, or even that there is a bigger plan than what we can see, we’ll struggle.
God decides what is good.
Faith places its trust in His judgment.
Friends, I’m asking the Lord for the grace to believe this today in my own family. Would you believe with me?
God will not withhold good from His children. And if He withholds what I believed was good, it wasn’t actually good.
💚Brooke
(Excerpted from Praying Mom and Gospel Centered Mom)
