"The old Westminster Confessions states that God is the Originator and Executor of "Whatsoever comes to pass." We know Him to be Sovereign in that what He purposes He brings to pass.
BUT what of the CIRCUMSTANCES that arise in our lives over which we have no control, such as the loss of a job due to the economy; an accident or death casued by a drunken driver; the tearful announcement that a teenage daughter is expecting a baby or the shocking revelation that a son has been caught using drugs? HOW can God work His purpose for our good in these circumstances?
Benjamin Warfield in his Biblical Doctrines states: "In the infinite wisdom of the Lord of all the earth, each event falls with exact precision into its proper place in this unfolding of His eternal plan; nothing, however small, however strange, occurs without His ordering, or without its peculiar fitness for its place in the manifestation of His glory, and the accumulation of His praise."
His divine plan for us is "not because of anything we have done (or our circumstances) but because of His own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time" (2 Timothy 1:9).
WHEN we seek His divine purpose in all of our circumstances, we can praise Him in the valleys of despair as well as on the pleasant mountaintops." Helen Young
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28)."
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