Oh To Be Wise Meditations
There are things we have to go through in order to be where God wants us to be. There are no shortcuts for that. We have to go through a season, a trial, to prepare our hearts and lives for what God is doing in our lives. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. You say: why is this happening in the moment. But looking back in hindsight many times we see how God was preparing us for these difficult things. Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. Man, think about that! The detailed work God is putting into hearts and minds in order for us to grow in holiness. The LORD uses every opportunity to bring people to the knowledge of sin and salvation. He is not willing that anyone should perish. But that all have the chance to know eternal life in Christ. God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed. For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man's misery weighs heavily upon him. When times are good, you should be cheerful; when times are bad, think about what it means. God makes them both to keep us from knowing what will happen next.
Treasury of Scripture
Meditate Eccles. 3:1
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