“God never does anything accidentally,
and he never makes mistakes.”
– Rick Warren
1. There are No Accidents
God never makes a mistake and He even uses our mistakes for His
glory and for His purpose. This “we know that for those who love
God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to
his purpose” (Rom 8:28). It doesn’t say that all the good things nor
does it say that all the bad things work for our best but all things both the good
and bad and even the evil done against us. Consider the cross. God was not
caught off guard by Calvary. This was no “oops” moment. It had been
foreordained for our redemption (Isaiah 53).
2. He is in Charge Always
Joseph’s story
reminds us all that God is always in charge. He was abused by his brothers,
thrown into a pit, they wanted to kill him, they sold him into slavery, he was
unjustly thrown into prison, yet Joseph knew that “God meant it for good, to bring
it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today”
(Gen 50:20) and by God helping Joseph interpret Pharaoh’s dream, much of
the civilized world was saved at that time.
3. He doesn't do anything without
Purpose
We might think
that what we are going through doesn’t have a purpose but God set in motion
everything in our lives to make it known that “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” (Eph 1:11). Even when Paul
was imprisoned unjustly, much like Joseph, this imprisonment allowed Paul to
write much of the New Testament. I have always wondered if Paul hadn’t been
thrown into prison, would we have had half of his letters, which were the
“prison epistles?” Paul even used being chained to Roman guards as an
opportunity to tell them about the gospel of Jesus Christ. Nothing in this life
is ever wasted as far as God is concerned and nothing is without purpose in the
sovereignty of God.
Conclusion
It is true that
God never does anything accidentally and he never makes mistakes and will work
all things together for our good; He will use even the bad for our good; and
whatever happens to us in this life fulfills God’s purpose for our life.
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