This is Good
Dear
Friend,
There are moments in life when we go through
tough problems and we think that God has either forgotten us or forsaken us.
Neither of these two assumptions are true because God promises that He would
never leave us nor forsake us and He says that all things will work together for
good because we both love Him and are called according to His purposes. Never
get discouraged when tough times come, but rather lift up your faith and hope to
the Lord and know that He will bring good out of every bad situation.
Continually trust the Lord and never doubt His abilities to turn your situation
around for good. (Hebrews 13:5-6) (Romans 8:28)
I hope you will be encouraged and blessed by
this story that shows how God is able to turn all things around for good even
when it seems to be impossible.
This is Good
The story is told of a king who had a close
friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every
situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking,
"This is good!"
One day the king and his friend were on a
hunting expedition. The friend would load and prepare the guns for the king. In
preparing one of the guns, the friend had apparently done something wrong, for
after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown
off.
Examining the situation the friend remarked
as usual, "This is good!" To which the king replied, "No, this is
Not good!" and proceeded to send his friend to jail.
About a year later, the king was hunting in
a dangerous area. Cannibals captured him and took him to their village. They
tied his hands, stacked some wood, set up a stake and bound him to it. As they
approached to set fire to the wood, they noticed that the king was missing a
thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone that was less than whole. So
after untying the king, they sent him on his way.
As he returned home, he was reminded of the
event that had taken his thumb and felt remorse for his treatment of his friend.
He went immediately to the jail to speak with his friend. "You were
right," he said, "It was good that my thumb was blown off." And
he proceeded to tell the friend all that had just happened. "And so I am
very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do
this."
"No," his friend replied,
"This is good!"
"What do you mean, "This is
good"? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?"
"If I had Not been in jail, I would
have been with you."
Author Unknown
God is able to bring us forth victorious
even when our problems seem to be impossible to solve. I encourage you to be
confident in the Lord always and never doubt His abilities. Even though you may
go through tough times and think there is no help; God is your helper and
comforter and is well able to deliver you from every trap of the enemy. Take
refuge in His Word and know that if God is for you, who can dare to be against
you? (Romans 8:31)
Read and meditate on these scriptures:
Romans 8:35-39
"Who shall separate us from the love of
Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness,
or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day
long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we
are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the Love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord."
Proverbs 3:5-8
"Trust in the LORD with all thine
heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge
Him, and He shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the
LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy
bones."
Psalm 118:4-9
"Let them now that fear the LORD say,
that His mercy endureth for ever. I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD
answered me, and set me in a large place. The LORD is on my side; I will not
fear: what can man do unto me? The LORD taketh my part with them that help me:
therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. It is better to trust in
the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than
to put confidence in princes."
All scriptures can be found in the New King James Version.