BAD THINGS CHANGED BY GOD

“And we know that all things work together for good
to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to His purpose.”
(Romans 8:28)

There was a farmer who had a big brush pile of debris 
that he was going to burn.
He noticed that a little bird had built a nest in that brush pile,
so he destroyed the nest.

When he came back days later, 
he found the bird rebuilding the nest.
The farmer destroyed the nest again.
But the bird built again, and again the farmer destroyed it.
Finally, the little bird gave up.

Can’t you imagine that little bird going home 
and saying to his family,
“I just don’t know why all our good plans
of building a home are not working.”

However, there was an unseen hand 
that was doing something that the bird 
may have thought was bad, but it was really good; 
it was for the bird’s protection.

“Things” work together for good for whom?
Those who ‘love the Lord’ 
and ‘are called according to His purpose’.
Don’t let the bad things destroy your love for the Lord.

Have you ever thought about 
the purpose for which He has called you?
Think about that for a second…
the almighty, all powerful, Creator of the universe
has called you for some purpose.
You are that important to Him!

Why would He do that?
It could be so that we are not just wandering 
through this life bored, but we actually have 
exciting things to accomplish for the Lord. 

Have you discovered His purpose for you?
Are you actively pursuing this purpose?

Notice the verse Romans 8:28 
is not saying that all things are good.
All things are not good; 
there are some terrible things in this world.

The point is that only God is good 
and He can turn bad things into good.