The Steadfast Love of the Lord

28And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

29For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Romans 8:28-29

1. God uses all things, not some things, to work together for our good.

“God is to be trusted even when his providences seem to run contrary to his promises.”
(Thomas Watson)

“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring about that many people should be kept alive.”
(Gen. 50:20)

2. The Good produced may not always be the most pleasurable thing to make us happy, but it will always be the most essential thing to make us more like Christ.

29For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
Romans 8:29

We can have an unshakeable conviction that everything in our lives will be used by a Sovereign God to complete in us the work which he began when he called us to himself; that is, to conform us to the image of Christ.