Just trust God, and everything will work out for the good.
The Porters were college friends with whom we had a common bond: we
were both from South Carolina. They also had two children who were close in age
to our two. One of which was our daughter’s “boyfriend.”
As so often happens, we lost track of them after graduation.
Several years later, I received devastating news: their daughter had been
killed. She was riding a bicycle, which was a little too large for her, rolled
into the path of an oncoming truck, was struck, and died from the impact. Our
family was stunned … and heartbroken. When I called to express my sympathies,
the mom, with a broken voice, said, “We’re just trusting God to get us through
this.”
I’ve heard enough religious platitudes in my lifetime to fill
a small book. Some of them biblical, some not. Some well-timed, some ill-timed.
But telling someone to trust God and that everything will work out for the good
is true. But how, when, and where we say it, we must carefully consider.
Everything that comes into our lives won’t be good. I’ve
experienced enough regretful things to fill a book. And actually, they have.
Several, in fact. Having good things happen consistently wouldn’t necessarily
make me trust God more. When things go well all the time, I tend to trust
myself rather than God. Bad things turn my focus on him. Some turn a bitter
focus, but others, me included, turn a longing focus. A longing to know why and
how I should respond.
As I look back on the unfortunate things I’ve experienced, I
also see how God brought good from them. The lessons I learned from correctly
responding are innumerable. My trust in God rose, as did my faith. Since the
consequences of bad events tend to hang around, sometimes for years, I’ve been
able to continually see God bringing good things from bad circumstances.
God is a good God who wants us to experience good things—even
if they have to come through unpleasant circumstances.
Trust God to manufacture good out of the bad times in your life.
Father, I have faith that you will turn the bad in my life
into good that will spur me on to spiritual growth and bring glory to your
name.
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