And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Paul. Romans 8:28. Hi, it’s Nathan, and this is Day 5 of 30 Days of Pushing Back Fear. Sometimes one of the hardest verses to read. ‘All things work together for good’. Do we have to talk about this verse? I thought this was thirty days about pushing back fear—and I’m afraid of this verse. Doesn’t it mean that I’ll have to find meaning in every tragedy? What if I can’t? What if it’s simply too dark? What if, when I look, I discover God has forgotten me in my trouble? Abandoned me to my pain? How can I know that God can turn my darkest hour into something beautiful? How can I stare fear in the eyes—and know it will be ok? You can know, because he has thrown himself into the middle of the terror already—and ripped out it’s teeth. Can it hurt. Without a question. Can he walk you out of the pain to a place of wholeness—even beauty. As certainly as he walked out of the clutches of death, himself.
