Everything is serving to the good

In the night when the day
is ending I am thinking of you
Another day I have lived
blessed of you my Lord
And when I had
sad moments in this day
Everything is serving
for the good to me
Everything is serving to the good
For them who are loving you
Everything is serving to the good
For them who are loving you
Sometimes I don t understand
the planes you have for me
Full of impatience
I am tired of waiting for you
But you say in your word
that your ways are good
And everything is serving
for the good to me
You are the rock
and I am built on you
In all circumstances
I am firm and protected by you
Even If sometimes
I meet affliction
Everything is serving
for the good to me

How can we find comfort and strength from Lord in our faith during challenging times in our work and life?

I took the text of today’s song from the bible: in Romans 8, 28 it is written, that everything is serving to the good according Gods purpose with us.

28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,[8] for those who are called according to his purpose.

Rom 8

So, in difficult times, I can rest in my faith, knowing, that there is at the moment a positive change in my life.

It may be, that I will be mentally stronger for to face other problems which will come further in my life.

Or that I become resident to spiritual problems, when I am attacked by the power of the darkness.

Or it may be, that God forms in through negative circumstances into the person he wants me to be.

How can we trust that the Lord offers us that everything that happens in our work and life is ultimately serving our good?

We have to look away from the moment in which we may suffer to the great picture of our life. Gods plan for us is first of all that we are saved and not go to hell. This is why Jesus Christ came for to die for us.

3 This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man[1] Christ Jesus,

1 Tim 2

So the first step from our side is, to receive Jesus Christ as our savior and redeemer by confessing our sins and let him enter into our heart.

8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);
9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
11 For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

Rom 10

The next step is to grow up to a spiritual strong person. This is why we have to pass situations, where we have to show our faith.

17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

James 2

This has two reasons: Faith without works is nothing worth. When I say that I believe in Jesus Christ and don t show it in an uncomfortable situation, my faith is worth nothing at all.

The second reason is, that Satan is forcing God to test us. When I pass a difficult situation, it may be, that I am tested at the moment.

31 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you,[4] that he might sift you like wheat,
32 but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”

Luke 22

How can we cultivate patience and trust in God’s timing when we are waiting

for His plans to unfold in our time?

Paul said, we shall have joy when we fall in afflictions. Because they work patience and at the end hope.

3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us

Rom 5

When we are spiritually a newborn child it is difficult to keep patience, but we learn it step by step on our way as a Christian and we learn to have hope even the circumstances don t give a reason to have hope.

How can we align our work and life with God’s will and purpose for us?

First of us we have to be clear about what is God s will and purpose for us. His will is, that all human beings are saved and his purpose is to show us his love.

11 Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel

Ezequiel 33

For to understand this mystery, he sent the Holy Spirit to earth, that comfort us, when we are weak, he teaches us about the bible when we don t understand and he remains us on the words that Jesus said, when he was here on earth.

16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper,[6] to be with you forever,
17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be[7] in you.

26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

John 14

The Holy Spirit is leading us to understand what we shall do in each situation if we allow him to act in our life.

How can we remain firm and protected in our work and life, knowing that we are built on the rock of our faith?

We keep firm and protected, when we not only hear the word of God, which is the bible, but do the things that are written in this book and try to keep the commandments as much as we can.

15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

John 14

For not confuse: Nobody is saved by keeping the commandments. We are only saved by grace, because Jesus redeemed us. Keeping the commandments without being saved can be dangerous, because we refuse the work of Jesus Christ when we want to save ourselves by keeping the commandments. But when we are saved by grace, there has to be a change in our live and we have to run the path of holiness and spiritual growth.

22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.
24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.

James 1

The bible says: The people who keep the word of God and do what he teaches are like someone who builds his house on the rock. When bad circumstances come – and they come for all of us – the house will not fall.

47 Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like:
48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.[3]
49 But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”

Luke 6

Those who hear the word and change nothing in their life are building their house on sand. When bad circumstances come, their house will fall. And the bible says, the fall was great.

How can we navigate through afflictions and difficulties in our life,

knowing that they too serve a greater purpose for our growth and development?
How can we know the right path from Lord?

Salme 119 says:

105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Psalm 119

And Ephesians 6 tells us about the spiritual armor and battles

13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
14 Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.
16 In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;
17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

Eph 6

When we meet difficulties and afflictions it is already too late. We have to prepare us before and train every day by cultivating our relationship with God the father and Jesus Christ in praying and reading the bible. Then we are prepared to face difficult situations by remember what we have read before and by knowing how to pray to the father in heaven.

” You are the rock and I am built on you In all circumstances.” Even though included the worst situation like we face the death?

Pls explain this sentence to our audiences.
I take an example for bad situations, what do we do for example when we are very sick, cancer for example.

James 5 says, we have to call the leaders of our church and they shall put oil on us and we will be saved. James does not say that the sick will be healed, but he will be saved.

13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

James 5

Our hope shall always extend this earthly life.

Isaiah describes heaven as a wonderful place, that there won’t be sickness or crying. Jesus said he will go to his father for to prepare a house for us, too.

So, if we face death, we know, as believers we go to a wonderful place. It is sad for our family when we have to go and in the grief of death you see, that death was not originally in God s plan, but we see each other in heaven again if we are faithful and persevere to the end.

Paul was in prison and he was aware, that they will kill him soon. But he was full of joy, because he wrote, when this earthly body will be offered, I get a new one in heaven.

6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

2 Tim 4

We both can’t understand Lord’s wisdom sometimes. And we truly lack of enough patience in many things.

Can you give me an example of when you lack of patience in your life but eventually handled according to God’s willing?

This answer can’t be answered here on earth, because there is an absolute will of God and a allowed will of God. I am in the absolute will of God, when I keep patience and let him do his things. But when I lose patience and do the things on my own, God does not leave me, but I am only in his allowed will and from my experience I know, that that is not good. (Read the story of Abram, Sarah and Hagar)

When I have to solve a situation, it is the best to take my hands off, keeping patience and let God do the things. When I am impatient and want everything now, I won’t be happy with the result and it can lead me to a way which is very far from God.

But if I go my own way without asking him, nothing separates me from his love, it is me who separates us in this case and in the next podcast we hear the story how we can come back to God if we have left him.