​Life’s Ups And Downs? | Intimacy With Christ | Richard Wafford

Romans 8:28, “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”
 
In the high times and in the low times, God is there with you. If you pay close attention, you will see that God is trying to guide you to place all things in His hands and to give Him thanks for everything you are going through. When you recognize the hand of God in good and bad times, you know that in those moments God is working all things for your good. Otherwise, you will focus on yourself, play the victim, and want everyone to join the pity party you have thrown for yourself.

You will be an unhappy, unjoyful person who is not very pleasant to be around. You’re going to have problems, afflictions, heartaches, and pains, but when you realize that God has allowed these things to come into your life to mold and shape you into the image of God, permanently erasing the old sinful person you used to be, you will proclaim that God does all things well. Because God’s grace is always sufficient for you during those times. Because in your weakness God’s strength shows up (2 Cor. 12:9). ~ Richard
 
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Many of these lessons are in my new devotional book, “Warrior of the Cross, 40 Day Discipleship Challenge & Journal,” which unlocks the mysteries of God’s truth that the devil doesn’t want you to know.