he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ. (Ephesians 1:9-10)
As the
heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways and my
thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:9)
And we know that in all
things God works for the good of those who love him, who[i] have
been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)
OK, this time I’m dealing
with one part of this passage: “He made known to us the mystery of His will
according to His good pleasure.” Yes, ultimately this refers to Christ’s life,
death, and resurrection. I agree. But the first point I want to make using this
passage today is that God’s will is often mysterious to us. We don’t understand
why this or that happened, this or that candidate won, traffic is slowed to
“parking lot” on a major throughway, or someone dies. Life is often a
conundrum.
And when God does
something, we may throw up our hands in exasperation. Why did He do that? How could
He allow this? But Scripture teaches us that God’s ways are higher than ours.
He can use bad things to produce good things. What we consider bad, He may know
to be good because He can see the forest for the trees.
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