Happy Monday, Everyone!
I want to share something wonderful with you – you probably already know this. As long as I was operating in my own understanding instead of trusting in God with all my heart, I had a very difficult time believing and living in the amazingly freeing truth of Romans 8:28. My own understanding (not filtering something through the Word and Holy Spirit, but rather trying to deal with it in my own, limited flesh) about something would block and blind me from seeing the blessing God had in store for me in a situation. I simply could not believe or acknowledge that God could use it for my good as long as I was not trusting in the Lord with my whole heart.
As a child of God we have this enormous blessing of being redeemed not only from our sins when we ask Jesus into our lives and repent of our sins, but we have this incredibly powerful Savior redeeming everything in our lives each second. This is what Romans 8:28 is all about and it’s one of the most loving things I know about Jesus.
Romans 8:28 is key to being able to take all thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ. There is so much freedom, peace, rest and joy when our thoughts obey Christ.
Thanking and praising God in all things,
Mark
Note: While we may not agree with everything a particular church or Christian group teaches or believes, there are times when we can be blessed by something outside the realm of our current understanding of God.