The world around us is a complicated place that can be hard to figure out. Life sometimes sends us a fair bit of pain and suffering. It’s not hard to spot cruelty and injustice, pain and confusion, all around us. Much of the time, it’s probably best for us to say two things.
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.
Genesis 50:20ab
The first is this: “I don’t really understand how this is all fitting together, but I am here with you as we go through it.”
The other thing that we say and that we believe is: Our God is still at work, and he knows how to take the evil and use it for good.
It’s not a blind faith. The proof of it, simply put, is Jesus.
God worked good from evil for us and all people, through Jesus our King, our living, reigning King through His suffering, trial, death, and resurrection.
And God still does that today, for the people of the King.
Praise the Lord that, even though evil still hurts and affects us, it doesn’t overcome us.
It is a conquered enemy for our eternal future in paradise!
~ The Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Gibbs, edited by The Rev. Scott Heitshusen
Scriptures
- Luke 23:1-25
- Acts 4:23-28
