Praise the Lord ! May these words bless you all. Amen ! Vishaal Behl.

1. Its All Good
“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
This does not say that all things are good, but that even terrible things (all
things – without qualification) can work together to produce “good.” This good
(God) is not these “things” in themselves, but rather, that the “image” of our
Lord Jesus Christ is being wrought into our being, and these “all things” have
become a tool to accomplish this.
“Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of
God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”
Ephesians 4:13
We are to grow into the “measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” We
begin our spiritual journey as a “spiritual baby” at the time of our salvation,
and then grow toward Spiritual maturity. On the cross, Jesus said, “It is
finished.” He lived a perfect life and fully accomplished the will of His father.
Thus, Jesus came to full spiritual maturity.
We also are to grow into this level of maturity in which our life “measures” up
to His life. At the Judgment Seat of Christ, our life will be measured against His
life. To prepare us for this, the Lord works within the daily circumstances of
our life experience. Our part is to submit ourselves unconditionally to allow
Him to do this, and then cooperate with Him in whatever He may do.
“God has made us what we are, creating us in Jesus Christ for the good deeds
which are prepared before hand by God as our sphere of action.” Ephesians
2:10 Moffitt translation
The will of the Lord for us then is not “where” we are to be, or “what” we are
to do, but rather, that we will live and function in the place where there is a
set of circumstances that will best enable the Lord to accomplish His purpose
within us (our being conformed to His image through our yielding to the
outworking of His will and purpose for us).
If we rightly understand this, then it can be said that it is possible for us to be
“in” the will of God, while seemingly, being “out” of the will of God. This can
only happen if our heart is unconditionally set toward the Lord. Then the Lord
is released to use these “all things,” whatever they may be, to bring us into
spiritual maturity, and also, to prepare us to be brought into the place where
He can accomplish a higher purpose through us. But, first we have to be “made
ready.”