ODB: Call It Good?
January 14, 2011
We may not be able to control events, but we can control our attitude toward them.
READ: Psalm 13
I have trusted in Your mercy. —Psalm 13:5
Can we really know whether to label life’s circumstances as good or bad?
For instance, your car breaks down right before you are to take a family road trip. But when you take the car to the shop, the mechanic says, “Good thing you didn’t take this out on the road. It could have caught fire.” Is that bad because of the inconvenience, or good because of God’s protection?
Or perhaps your child decides to pursue interests that aren’t all that interesting to you. You wanted her to play basketball and run track in high school. But she wanted to sing and play the oboe. You feel frustrated, but she excels and ends up with a music scholarship. Is that bad because your dreams weren’t fulfilled, or good because God directed her in ways you could not have predicted?
Sometimes it’s hard to see how God is working. His mysteries don’t always reveal their secrets to us, and our journey is often redirected by uncontrollable detours. Perhaps God is showing us a better route.
To make sure we benefit from what might seem bad, we must recognize and trust God’s “unfailing love” (Ps. 13:5 NIV). In the end, we’ll be able to say, “I will sing to the Lord, for He has been good to me” (v.6 NIV).
— Dave Branon
Source: Our Daily Bread
Tweet This
Share on Facebook
Digg This
Save to delicious
Stumble it
RSS FeedRelated
ODJ: the real Jesus
September 14, 2011 All who believe in the Son of God know in their hearts that this testimony is true. Those who don’t believe this are actually calling God a liar because they don’t believe what God has testified (v.10). READ: 1 John 5:6-13 In 2001, the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen presented an investigation into the [...]
ODJ: dying for peace
October 9, 2011 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. . . . Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand (vv.6-7). READ: Philippians 4:4-9 I hadn’t seen him in years. He called my name and walked over to me at the grocery store. After some small talk, I asked how [...]
ODJ: small sins
December 20, 2010 “How foolish!” Samuel exclaimed. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you. . . . Now your kingdom must end, for the Lord has sought out a man after His own heart” (vv.13-14). READ: 1 Samuel 13:1-14 Fish farmers in the southern U.S. had a small problem. Algae was [...]
ODJ: one in ten
September 23, 2010 He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet, thanking Him for what He had done (v.16). READ: Luke 17:11-19 Clouds of steam poured out from under the hood of my Saab hatchback. I pulled over and made a call for a tow truck. Minutes later, a man approached my car. He wasn’t from [...]
Christian Courses
Day Of Discovery
Discover The Word
Discovery Series
Help For My Life
My Utmost For His Highest
Our Daily Bread
Our Daily Journey
RBC Ministries
WarungSateKaMu
Manasociety
雅米
Absolutely ! Lord is good to me ! He is in total control over my life ! “I dont need to know the way i am going if God is leading”-yes GOD IS IN CONTROL
Sometime we cannot what want us to do but at the end the result it prove God is in control everything
I would like to share with u how God change me . I’m drug-addicted,I just came out prison eight months . but God give me a good job and surround me with Christian boss . I also enjoy my work over their. I alway thank GOD for all the blessing and GOD LOVE is with me
well, i want to thank God for the inspiration given to the writer to write this wonderful write up. I just want to say that let’s always trust in God in times of distress. God bless you real good.