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It Will All Work Out

1.31.10

Ephesians 1:11 is a powerful verse with a vital lesson "In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.

I have come to have great confidence in God’s ability to work things out. No matter what is going on or how obscured my understanding of a situation may be, I believe God is always working things according to His great sovereign plan.

It is as if there is this giant tapestry that God is weaving, and my life is a part of it. I sometimes get caught up with the temporal things and the stuff that is happening, but God reminds me, “Nothing is taking Me by surprise. I’m weaving all of these things into this great pattern. Your mistakes, the stuff that happens to you, it is all going to turn out alright!”

Has it ever occurred to you that nothing occurs to God? The things you are embroiled in right now did not take God by surprise. He did not look at your situation and say, “Oh, no! I didn’t figure on that! Or I didn’t see that coming! What are we going to do now?”

I know that sometimes in our microscopic view of things we have said, “Lord such and such has got to happen.” And God has replied, “Well, you don’t have the BIG picture.” Then as time went on, God pulled the camera back, and we get the wide view, and we realized God was up to something amazing--- totally apart from what we thought “had to happen.”

What ever your situation, you can rest assured that God has plans to work things out. God is working all things after the counsel of His own will. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, “declares the LORD, ”plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

So relax! And understand that  even if your present circumstances have totally taken you by surprise, God saw it coming and made provision far ahead of time.

…….be still and know that I am God.

Tim Carlisle