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YE ARE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SPARROWS (II)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
Romans 8:28-39
Romans 8:28
“All things work together for
good to them that love God.”
YE ARE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SPARROWS (II)
While we thank God for His sovereignty, we must not ignore our responsibility. We are to love God and obey Him (Rom 8:28). Loving God means obeying His words and commandments (John 14:15, 21, 23). We cannot drive carelessly and say that God will protect us.
When we make a mistake, we cannot blame God for not keeping us from sins. It is our fault as we did not fear God, nor love Him nor trust in Him enough nor have a close walk and fellowship with Him. We should learn to be humble and understand that God allows us to fail or to make mistakes in order to humble us and teach us to trust in Him more and more. God pays close attention to every detail of our lives and if we do the same with God’s sovereignty in view, we may learn a lot of lessons from Him. Through the thorn in his flesh, Paul was humbled and made to depend on the sufficient grace and strength from the Lord.
This is a true story in my country many years ago: There was a brother queuing to buy a ticket. Then a young man came, cut the queue, and stood in front of him. That brother was not happy at all but he just kept quiet. He was very upset when the young man in front of him was the last person to be on the first coach, and he had to wait for the next coach. Later, he heard that the first coach exploded when it hit a land mine. How he thanked God for sparing his life!
Seeing God’s sovereignty and loving care and believing that God is able to make all things work together for our good, we will be submissive and thankful to the Lord in all things. Even when God chastises us for our lack of love for Him and trust in Him, or for our pride, or for our sins, we must be thankful that God has dealt with us as His own children and that He wants us to be partakers of His holiness (Heb 12:10).
THOUGHT: Trusting God’s sovereignty and not ignoring man’s responsibility.
PRAYER: Father, I thank Thee for Thy sovereignty and loving chastisement.