Romans 8:28

Upon some points a believer is absolutely sure. He knows, for instance, that God sits at the helm of the vessel when it rocks most. He believes that an invisible hand is always on the world’s tiller, and that wherever the course of providence may seem to drift, Jehovah steers it. That reassuring knowledge prepares him for everything.

He looks over the raging waters and sees the spirit of Jesus walking on the waves, and he hears a voice saying, “It is I, be not afraid.” He also knows that God is always wise, and, knowing this, he is confident that there can be no accidents, no mistakes; that nothing can occur which ought not to arise.

He can say, “If I should lose all I have, it is better that I should lose than have, if God so wills: the worst calamity is the wisest and kindest thing that could befall me if God ordains it.” “We know that all things work together for good to them that love God.” The Christian does not merely hold this as a theory, but he knows it as a matter of fact.

Everything has worked for good until now; the poisonous drugs mixed in correct proportions have worked the cure; the sharp cuts of the lancet have cleansed out the unhealthy tissue and facilitated the healing. Every event until now has worked out the most divinely blessed results; and so, believing that God rules all, that He governs wisely, that He brings good out of evil, the believer’s heart is assured, and he is enabled calmly to meet each trial as it comes. The believer can in the spirit of true resignation pray, “Send me what You will, my God, as long as it comes from You; never has a bad portion come from Your table to any of Your children.”

“Say not my soul, ‘From where can God relieve my care?’
Remember that Omnipotence has servants everywhere.
His method is sublime, His heart profoundly kind,
God never is before His time, and never is behind.”