Does God
work all things in my life together to provide subject matter for my
intercessory prayer? I’m sure He does,
but I don’t think it is limited to that.
I also believe He works all things together for good in my life as part
of His will in reaching my neighborhood, my community, and so on. I fit in this place at this time for a
specific purpose of my Master. I don’t
know what it is, but I know that knowledge is coming. Until it does, my responsibility is to be
available to Him in my daily life.
Ironically,
the verse does not read in Greek like I thought it would. There isn’t something that says it is God’s
plan/purpose. That is implied by the “called”
characteristic, and it is that. The
word, “called” is an adjective, not a verb.
It describes those referred to.
The verb is a participle of the verb to be. The last phrase reads, “…, to/for the ones
being called according to a plan/purpose.”
The plan and purpose refer to God’s plan or purpose only because the ones
are “called”. What Paul is doing by phrasing
it in this way is keeping the reference to “all things” open to whatever God
might be doing instead of some single plan He does everywhere.
That means
it applies to me here. I have the
unmistakable stamp of God’s direction to this place and to be settled in this
place. Now, all things will work
together for good. The last piece is
that I need to permit my Master to define “good”. Just when I thought it was going to be easy,
reality settles in. It’s not what I
think is good, or good for me, at least not necessarily. What will be produced by the working together
of all things is what is good for my Master’s Kingdom. That will be a good that will reach lives in
this neighborhood and community. I can
think of nothing better.
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