so how do you know when God has planned for you to be with someone how do you know if the person coming around you or the person you are going around is the perfect choice for you this is not just about the Romantic side of life and existence it applies to almost every General aspect of Our Lives we are social beings and this means that we all get to relate associate and coexist in the same Society and within the same geographical locations as time goes on being a socially enabled species there is always the longing
for companionship whether for support love fun or to fulfill the great Mandate of marriage now the question many people are faced with is how do you know that the person in your life now is the correct person for you in this video I will show you the signs and things to look for in order to know that God wants you to be with the people or person in your life Through The Eyes of scripture life in existence do not require that everyone become your friend or have access to your life the Bible commissions us to
be at peace with all men but that does not translate to having relationships with all of them some people have been strategically placed throughout your life since the day you were born to help mold and shape your destiny into that which God had planned from your creation and birth God goes so far as to prune trim and constantly remove people from your life while constantly bringing others your way your associations in life will make or break you so many lives have been turned upside down inside out or on the premises of bad relationships of any
kind whether friendship or romance as the case may be Proverbs 13 20. walk with the wise and become wise associate with the fools and get in trouble you will need to choose your friends and acquaintances carefully to follow the trajectory of your life a student of medicine will never become a doctor if he keeps attending classes with engineering students as important and closely related as the two fields of study might be they will never produce the same doctor so too is your life the number of people you let into your life determines the quality of
information they bring with them and the quality of your existence is determined by the amount of information you receive per time so how do you know that God wants someone in your life you feel safe and comfortable whenever you're around that person have you ever just come into a place and immediately met a particular person there and lost your peace yes I have been in that situation before any time this lady came around me I began to feel very uneasy I would literally lose my peace and become very uncomfortable in her presence and before long
I knew why in the Book of Proverbs Paul was writing to the Corinthians about relationships amongst the brethren and in First Corinthians 7 15 he said to them but if the unbeliever leaves let it be so the brother or sister is not bound in such circumstances God has called us to live in peace look at what he says to them in the latter part of that verse God is called us into peace we are not called into uncomfortable situations and relationships if you lose your peace around a person it is a sign that God does
not want you to be close to that person God will bring you in contact with someone who has his word in him and the character of God this particular point is only possible when you know what the characteristics of God are you cannot recognize what you do not know when God wants you to be with someone he will bring into your life a person who possesses his traits a person who has learned the ways of God and the way of love a hostile person prone to rage and outbursts cannot be God's will because he would
have expelled the spirit of Rage from him the Bible says in first John 4 8. that whoever does not love does not know God because God is love very concise and straight to the point a person who God brings into your life would have to be one who has been thoroughly bred by God and one who has passed through the training of God will have his attributes having the wrong partner in your relationship is not something to be taken lightly it can break your heart or worse it can ruin your life your future and even
the people who rely on you listen to me child of God you do not want to get yourself into a situation where you are in any form of relationship with someone who has not encountered God the only love they know and can offer is that which the world has taught them the most serious error made by some of the most powerful people in history was associating with ungodly men do not be deceived evil communication will corrupt good morals if the ungodly man does not treat you badly he will ruin your life and your chances with
God the person speaks God's word into your life with the intention of seeing you grow love is a journey and just like any other Journey you have to choose the right path to achieve happiness and success not only for yourself and the one you love but also for the relationship you and your partner have the person who comes from God must have the word of God listen to me child of God a partner from God is meant to grow you God does not do anything just because he feels like it he is an intentional God
and he does not do anything until there is a need for it the need for communion with other beings aside from the Angels necessitated the creation of Adam the first man the need for companionship for Adam brought about the creation of Eve hear me again God does not bring people into your life except to intentionally build you and anyone who is coming into your precious life must have the words from God to help in that building process look out for God's words through theirs The Book of John chapter 3 verse 34 says for he whom
God hath sent speaketh the words of God for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him God's messenger delivers the message from God one of the things you will notice is the quality of the message they carry when they speak the person God wants you to be with will be compassionate practical and generous in love listen one of the signs that you are with the right person is the way they treat you Jesus made us understand that love is practical he came from heaven took the form of a man and died to save the
man just to put into practice the extent to which love should go the people God brings into your life will determine the type of life you have and Lead if you make the mistake of letting people into your life who have not been through the Holy Spirit your life will be a testing ground for the practices of the world first John chapter 3 verse 18 says my little children let us not love in word nor in tongue but indeed and in truth there's no greater love than one that is felt physically the Bible makes us
understand that God loved the whole world so much that he gave his only son in atonement for the sins of the world there is no such thing as unconditional love the kind of people God will bring into your life will be people who understand the act of loving and the Covenant of sacrifices made in love any deviation from this is a warning sign for your fate when God wants you to be with someone when that person appears they will be eager to immerse themselves in your life they will be willing to put themselves on the
line just to show you that they love you like I said earlier you must also be knowledgeable about the love of God to recognize it when you see it in the actions of another toward you you cannot recognize what you have not known before giving is a strong sign of love anyone God brings your way must be a giver tight-fisted people are not proper lovers because God is generous in love the person will respect you anybody whom God approves to enter your life must be someone who has respect for your life your choices are not
subject to his anger instead where he feels his opinions are needed he offers them listen to me avoid people who always want to make you feel like all your decisions are useless except when they come from them there's a word for them sociopaths God in his majesty and superiority still respects our choices when we make them whatever we bind on Earth here will also be bound in heaven where he resides said in his word that is respect for whatever choices we decide to make as humans any person who does not respect you does not deserve
to be with you [Music] [Music] relationships are one of the greatest Gifts of life family friends loved ones parents children colleagues our relationships with people form the beauty of society and community through relationships we are able to find companionship and build togetherness through our association with people we are able to connect with one another regardless of background history race or social status even the Bible in expressing the power of having someone or people in your life said in Ecclesiastes chapter 4 verses 9 through 12. two people are better than one because they can reap more
benefit from their labor for if they fall one will help his companion up but pity the person who falls down and has no one to help them up furthermore if two lie down together they can keep each other warm but how can one person keep warm by himself although an assailant May overpower one person two can withstand him moreover a three-stranded chord is not quickly broken furthermore when God created man in Eden and blessed Humanity to multiply all over the Earth he was establishing the essence of community man was built to be a social being
to live in community to communicate this is why we have eyes to see ears to hear feet to move hands to touch skin to feel that touch and so on you can love yourself but being surrounded by loving people makes a big difference you may be able to help yourself many times but there will be times when you will require the assistance of others and knowing that they are there to assist you is a great blessing this was something Jesus realized that is why he promised his disciples and everyone who believes in him his ever-present
company through the spirit John chapter 14 verses 17-19 the spirit of Truth the world cannot accept him because it neither sees him nor knows him but you know him for he lives with you and will be in you I will not leave you as orphans I will come to you before long the world will not see any more but you will see me because I live you also will live this is such a beautiful thing knowing that as you journey through life facing the turmoil the heartaches and the storms the highs and the lows you
will always have someone close to you when no one else can there are different kinds and levels of relationships we develop along life's journey the value of each relationship is determined by either the kind of connections we share or by the kind of benefit they bring into our lives for instance with or without benefit because we are connected to family by Blood we share a special connection with our parents and our siblings no matter how much differences you may have with your family they are still your family nothing can change that fact that the same
blood flows through your veins though family may abandon you and hurt you they are still what they are family the same goes for your spouse you see your spouse shares a bond with you that is both physical legal and spiritual in fact the Bible says that when a man and a woman are properly and legally joined together in marriage it is God who has joined them together and nobody is permitted to separate that Union it is a union that is binding on Earth and in heaven Mark chapter 10 verses 7 through 9 says for this
reason a man will leave his father and mother and be United to his wife and the two will become one flesh so they are no longer two but one flesh therefore what God has joined together let no one separate God is glorified in any relationship that makes us stronger better and helps us fulfill his purpose for our lives our friends spouses acquaintances and family are amazing additions to our lives however dear friend take note of this very important message today you must never Elevate anyone in your life to that point where you have to beg
him or her to stay in your life before they do a relationship is no longer one when it now feels like a favor done for one party by the other in the world today there's a massive desire in the hearts of many people that feel loved accepted and wanted this desire has driven some people to give themselves away slowly losing sight of their own self-worth until they are reduced to nothing but a tool in the hand of someone who is just there for the fun ride and will toss them off anytime they want beloved you
are much more than you think you are you are not just anybody seeking validation from the world you are not just one man or one woman seeking to be liked by people you are more than that you are the king's kid do you not know this I mean the monarch of the universe calls you his most prized possession no one sees in you what he sees not even you yourself David the sweet psalmist once asked in Psalms 8 verses 3 through 6 when I consider your Heavens the work of your fingers the moon and the
stars which you have set in place what is mankind that you are mindful of them human beings that you care for them you have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with Glory and Honor you made them rulers over the works of your hands you put everything under their feet you might as well put your name right there dear Saint you are so special to him he calls you a chosen generation he calls you royalty a royal priesthood he calls you a holy nation the Lord God Almighty looks on you and
calls you a very peculiar special unique and amazing Soul this is who you are do you now see that reducing yourself to seeking validation from one person who is here today and gone tomorrow does a great Injustice to who God says you are now I do not deny that you will not always be right in your relationship choices or in your dealings with people that God will bring into your life some people come into your life to fulfill God's purpose in you and for you they may end up leaving because you fail to see that
purpose or even appreciate it at the time maybe because you don't know so much or you are still unwise and not mature at the time as you grow you can learn to appreciate people in life much more as you grow you can learn to love people rightly as you mature you will learn to bring peace and healing to people that God has brought into your life placing value and appreciating people that God brings into your life acknowledging your limitations and weaknesses acknowledging when you are wrong and have messed up humbling yourself to learn and grow
from them is a great way to sustain good relationships and become great yourself however every person that comes into your life has a time a season and a purpose one of the greatest disasters you can bring into your life as an individual is to keep a relationship for long with someone meant to be in your life only for a short while over time such a relationship will become a burden a ticking Time Bomb waiting to explode and Destroy stuff in your life the same thing happens with the relationship meant to be for a long term
being cut short because it doesn't meet your desired speculations dear friend sometimes God's best does not always come in the most beautiful packages not knowing the difference between the kinds of relationships that are in your life or how to manage them will bring more loss to your life than gain therefore my friend if or when people choose to leave your life at any time in your life especially when you know you didn't do anything that displeases God please let them go there is only one relationship in your life that you cannot do without your relationship
with God if and when any other relationship ends as long as you can confirm that it is not the result of your bad attitude hurting a good soul in your life but rather a threat a desire to replace God in your life to diminish your value and Worth to make you chase after them as if your life depended on it let them go Jesus said in John chapter 15 verse 5 I am the vine you are the branches if you remain in me and I in you you will bear much fruit apart from me you
can do nothing people can choose to leave your life for different reasons you need to understand this my friend some people will leave because they can no longer manipulate you like they used to some people will leave when you start standing up for yourself speaking up against their behavior and demands of you that has been wronged some people will walk away when they can no longer mess around with your life some will leave when they find new prey some might leave because they find someone they believe is better than you like I said you are
not perfect God doesn't even say you are however you are not going to remain the way you are as long as you walk in the light of what God has said concerning you growing in his grace and mercy what you need in your life right now is not someone who sees you for who you've been all along but who will dare to see you for who you can be that's what you need in your life my friend you don't need another friend who wants to hang out and waste your time and Destiny on trivial things
you don't need another friend who just wants to blend in with the world and who gets offended when there is even the slightest mention of standing out you need the right people in your life I will say that again you need the right people in your life you need people who push you closer to God closer to Destiny closer to righteousness and Holiness you need people who will love you for who you are and invite you patiently to become who you are meant to be therefore when one who cannot do this who doesn't see this
decides to leave let them go God will remove some people from your life in order to plant the right ones sometimes he will remove them in order to create room therefore instead of crying because someone left you or because someone disappointed you rejoice my friend celebrate and consider their departure a deliverance from whatever might have happened if they weren't removed from your life I encourage you to grow in your spiritual life through prayer studying the Bible and fellowshipping with other God-fearing Christians this has a way of empowering and growing your spiritual senses it is called
discernment through discernment you will know who should be in your life and who shouldn't through discernment you will understand what God would want you to handle a relationship that is showing up in your life through discernment you will be able to read the signs that some is meant to stay and others are meant to leave and you can have this discernment by the help of the Holy Spirit In You that however will be the outcome of a very sensitive and developed spirit inside of you draw closer to God today my friend your heavenly father wants
to guide you and protect you from the Troubles of this life it is time to start listening to him and knowing him understanding when he speaks or acts and following him accordingly [Music] thank you foreign relationships are gifts from God or let me rephrase that better good relationships are gifts from God made us social beings meant to interact with each other and living to our fullest potentials on Earth until our time is up the Bible says that two are better than one Ecclesiastes 4 9 to 12. two are better than one because they have a
good return for their labor if either of them falls down one can help the other up but pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up also if two lie down together they will keep warm but how can one keep warm alone though one may be overpowered two can defend themselves a chord of three strands is not quickly broken this scripture right here carefully details fundamental elements that make relationships such a beautiful thing and in this video I intend to fix a little bit more on intimate relationships one with marital and lifetime
plans and view dear child of God the Lord Jesus himself told us of one of the most beautiful attributes of God which is to give good gifts to his children Matthew 7 9 to 11. which of you if your son asks for bread will give him a stone or if he asks for a fish we'll give him a snake if you then though you are evil know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him and one of the greatest Gifts
of a lifetime is the gift of the right partner the preacher in Ecclesiastes pointed out that anyone who has no one should be pitied because when they fall they have no one to help them up listen yes you may not need to get married to have people who will lift you up when you're down however if we're gonna be honest then there are situations when the only person you need at that time is someone you're intimate with there are situations I may not be okay to make available to you but with my partner I can
lay it all bare there are situations where no one can reach you but the one you are intimate with the Bible says in Genesis 2 18 22. the Lord God said it is not good for the man to be alone I will make a helper suitable for him now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky he brought them to the man to see what he would name them and whatever the man called each living creature that was its name so the man gave
names to all the livestock the birds in the sky and all the wild animals but for Adam no suitable helper was found so the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep and while he was sleeping he took one of the man's ribs and then closed up the place with flesh then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man and he brought her to the man after the creation of man God saw there was still a need in him he was one of a kind
and although God made him to interact with him he knew that they would not be on equal plane and the man would feel the need sooner or later to interact with someone who's exactly like himself we all feel that at one point or the other in our lives children seem to connect more with friends and peer groups than with older folks youth leaders will confirm that young people would rather confide in a leader who can relate with their feelings and experiences and who better to do this than someone who's in close proximity to them in
age another young person God knew that Adam would feel that and he felt Adam's need even before Adam did himself this right here is another display of the nature of God he loves and cares deeply about you so much that even before you consider something as an issue to bring up before him he puts it up himself to worry about fixing it I had the opportunity to talk with a friend some years ago and while we talked she lamented about how thieves were doing damage to a particular Venture of hers and she didn't know what
to do so she'd resorted to using some desperate means to curb the issue then I asked if she'd talk to God about it already and she said she hadn't because she didn't think God involved himself in this sort of thing I was quite surprised but when I asked again if the issue meant something to her and she said yes then I said it meant something to God too whatever bothers you bothers him why because you're his child and he loves you Luke 12 6-7 are not five sparrows sold for two pennies yet not one of
them is forgotten by God indeed the very hairs of your head are all numbered don't be afraid you are worth more than many sparrows if you're worth this much to God then your relationship with the right partner means something to him and this is not only because he loves you but because the wrong partner in your life has the power to mess up and Destroy many things in your life that's what God protects you from sometimes when it seems your relationship with them doesn't work you try all you can pray as much as you can
read as many books as possible but somehow it seems God himself is stopping the relationship from succeeding don't you think there must be something he's trying to save you from that you might not even be aware of surely there must be for there is no limit to the knowledge wisdom and intelligence of the Lord God he's seen certain things up ahead and because you loved him and committed the relationship to him he's fighting for you many young believers have locked themselves in situations God didn't prepare for them because they shut God Out close their eyes
and ears to the warning signs and went all in today they may act as if all is well but they themselves are aware that they're stuck and need rescuing it's very important dear believer to grow in your relationship with God this relationship builds up your spirit and mind to sense things in the spirit realm and long before their time it also gives you the ability to see things that are concealed from the physical Eyes by deception this ability is called discernment I know that many people are given the gift of discernment still every child of
God who has the spirit of God in them has usable measures of this ability as well you can call it the development of spiritual sense organs similar to The Eyes Ears Nose and skin which are spiritual First Corinthians 2 14-15 the person without the spirit does not accept the things that come from the spirit of God but considers them foolishness and cannot understand them because they're discerned only through the spirit the person with the spirit makes judgments about all things but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments hence when a man or
a woman comes into your life you're able to sense the kind of spirits they operate with and their true motives and you're also able to read the signs and understand their implications in real life and in time this way you're able to gain the wisdom needed to leave while you still can before damage can be done you see most people think well I'll give it a chance if it doesn't work there's always the option of divorce they fail to understand that there's a good reason God said he hated divorce one of those reasons why is
what divorce did to you sure you can always walk away if you like but you can't walk away from all the damage that's done to you and if you've had children already to them too but with God's help you can salvage these experiences before they take place in your life how when you let him lead you and direct the course of your relationships with others so how do you know if God wants you with someone what will happen if he wants you with that person first please understand that many things can happen some reliable and
others not so much so it's important you know the difference here's what will happen if God wants you with someone he will bind you two together this may work with feelings but feelings will not be the foundation you may probably not even really like this person in that manner yet somehow you discover that they're usually on your mind you may even find yourself bumping into each other in unplanned situations and places you may even try as hard as you like and even pray about it but it will only happen more and more sometimes some people
may even relocate from a city because of this however after some time something always happens either they return or the person they're running from moves to the same environment too and so on remember that I said this is not about obsessive or infatuating feelings towards him or her but a connection orchestrated by God which when accepted can develop into a feeling more intimate and then one very important probably the most important on this list is that God will give you peace with them one of the signs that you should steer clear off that person is
pressure pressure to sin to become something or someone God didn't make you to please them then God pressure from the fear that you might be doing something wrong and so on you see whomever God wants you to be with will keep your mind at peace they will help you get closer to God they'll be interested in your potentials and help you develop it they'll look for means to help you feel loved safe and secure somehow you'll feel peace committing yourself to them and their own Visions without feeling intrusive or misguided you'll feel like their mission
complements your life's Pursuit as well and you will find fulfillment helping them reach it it is a beautiful Journey to Find and be in a god-ordained relationship my friend do not settle for anything less do not shut God out of this vital area of your life he wants to be involved in this area so that in a world filled with Darkness you and the family that will come out of both of you will be the light to shut down the darkness I pray that you'll get it right in this area when the time comes to
be with someone in Jesus name amen [Music] do you find yourself at that juncture where you don't know what or who exactly God wants in your life one of the most difficult decisions that we all might have to face one day as human beings and more so as Christians is the decision on who to spend the rest of our lives within marriage one of the greatest problems in the world right now is the huge steady increase in divorce and separation cases in a world where divorce and the institution of marriage are no longer considered sacred
or Everlasting it becomes more important and pertinent that you make the right choices and marry correctly your life and Destiny will literally be determined by the kind of partner you decide to live your life with I have seen great prospects smart minds and awesome Geniuses whose lives were brought to an underrated end because they made the decision to settle with the wrong person the same way I have seen seemingly ordinary people who didn't seem to hold many prospects become huge successes and reference points for others on the premises of who they decided to settle with
do not let anyone trivialize the issues of marriage and unions for you child of God because the success of your life will require that the partner you bring into it is in tune with and supportive of that life and Destiny many of the lives and destinies that were cut short or damaged by their spouses showed signs there were signs that showed that these people were not the ones for them God and even the person must have shown signs that they ignored either because of emotions or just because they felt confident marriage would correct that behavior
in that person but they found out too late that it couldn't be fixed many didn't have the opportunity to walk away because that marriage consumed them there are signs to look out for that show that a person is not the right one for you their relationship with God is not their top priority a person who does not love God cannot translate the love as a child of God the Bible clearly puts it to us in the Book of Proverbs 27 verse 17. as iron sharpens iron so one person sharpens another the love and fire of
God that is burning in your heart will be sniffed out cold if you make the mistake of admitting a person into your life who does not push for this Same Love and fire of God as you you cannot be an iron in your partner a wood there will be no sharpening your life and Destiny with god require a partner who knows how much your heart beats for God your partner cannot appreciate or know how much your heart beats for God until their heart beats in the same Rhythm for him a heart that does not beat
for God cannot love you correctly in the way of God I heard a story of a lady who was in the choir at a branch of our church in another state who from all reports had a very good record sings with the voice of angels and on fire for God doing exploits in the music Ministry the day she got married we all heard about it and we're so happy for her because she was not a very young lady fast forward a year after her marriage and we were not hearing about her any longer we barely
saw her on program flyers and recently we realized the man had a long history of domestic violence and has been maltreating this lady her Ministry her love for God her life her passion all came to a halt because she allowed a con man into her life as a partner watch out child of God their company of friends does not reflect who they portray to be listen to me child of God the quality of people you allow into your life determines the quality of information that flows into your life the quality of information that goes into
your life determines the quality of life you will lead the quality of life you lead will determine the quality of your future and your destiny the Bible says in the book of First Corinthians 15 33. be not deceived evil Communications corrupt good manners if you realize that the quality of people around them does not match the personality they portray or does not match what the Bible demands of wholesome relationships that is a sign that he or she is not the right one for you the level of information they will bring into your life will be
a reflection of what they have been hearing from people around them show me your friends and I can literally guess your type just by observing them you find most of these people will have wandering eyes substance abuse lying tongues and very mysterious ways about them you cannot really put your finger on their movements and their operations everything about them seems to be shrouded in kind of mystery and you lose your peace each time you think about them instead of calm and reassurance do not ignore those signs that is a red flag to quit now before
they corrupt your heart and your life they do not value your opinion or choices or are concerned about your growth physically or spiritually anybody who downplays your choices your actions and your plans in life does not support your growth there is a difference between when someone makes inputs to improve the chances of your choice and when someone criticizes your choices and actions to bring out the failures in them without preferring Solutions you are going to spend the rest of your life with that person and you cannot go through life every day being put down by
the first person who should hold you up First Peter chapter 4 verse 8 gives us a perfect example of what love from a partner is supposed to do it says above all keep loving one another earnestly since love covers a multitude of sins a person who loves you does not put you down to reveal your flaws and sins their love covers it when you find yourself in a relationship with people who want to point out your indiscretions and your failures rather than cover you up and help you that is a red flag to quit and
you should not ignore it the person who you must let into your life must possess the ability to hold your hands through your decision-making times in life make inputs where it is necessary to take on the challenges with you when the time comes when your strength Fails Like job's in the Bible you will need a partner who will stand by you not the kind of woman job married who joined his friends to tell him to curse your God and die child of God you need to move on from your past leave these people in your
past forget them there no man walks into the future looking backwards the only things in the past that can help you are lessons and people mistake these lessons for the burdens they carry around as the past God is a better purpose for your life and that purpose is set for the future with him God made a promise to us in the Bible in Joel chapter 2 verse 25 he says I will restore to you the years that the Locust hath eaten the canker worm the caterpillar and the Palmer worm my great Army which I sent
among you The Plains of God capture your past you are only missing out on the future by focusing on the past there's nothing in your past that you lost that God does not have plans to restore to you in the future the purpose of God for you cannot come to fruition until you accept to put the past behind you and surrender to him as he brings you into a future in which you will conquer and regain all the purpose of God for your destiny is clearly stated in his words you cannot attain Destiny until you
move away from the past you cannot walk forward fast enough while dragging baggage remember how clumsy you always get at the airport when you carry too much luggage you are slower than other passengers and you are more stressed because you have to monitor and take care of so many of your luggage at once then you also remember how relieved and the joy you felt when you finally got to your destination and the bags no longer were your concerns because someone took charge of them that is how relieved you will feel when you lay all these
baggages at the foot of Jesus and take up his grace to exist in his purpose before we end this episode I want to bring you some news that will Gladden your heart it does not matter what or who you left in your past one of the Hallmarks of moving on is that we leave people and things behind that will hinder us some of them are habits characters personal belongings family and friends that people have used over the years to Define us moving ahead means you have to leave most of them in the past but I
come bearing good news what God has for you is way better he tells us to cast all our cares upon him because he loves and cares for us your imagination might run wild your dreams might go deep and your Visions about your future in God might seem very clear but I want to assure you that they are nothing compared to the plans and purposes of God for your life First Corinthians chapter 2 verse 9 says however as it is written what no eye has seen what no ear has heard and what no human mind has
conceived these things God has prepared for those who love him these are the things God has revealed to us by his spirit the spirit searches all things even the Deep things of God this is the confidence that we have in God that his plans for us are beyond our imaginations all we need to do is believe and surrender our Wheels no two captains can successfully manage one boat unless one agrees to take instructions from the other you cannot lead a life controlled by your past and expect to move ahead once again no man moves forward
Looking Backward [Music] s Romans 8 28 says and we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him who have been called according to his purpose this text is one of the most popular New Testament texts we are quick to recite it and even confess it but the question is how many of us believe it do you love the Lord have you been saved by his grace are you a child of God then dear believer do you need to know something really know it you need to be sure of
something you need to be confident in something what is that you need to know that right now God is working everything out for your good yes everything your job your colleagues your boss your home your neighborhood that place these circumstances everything he is working everything out for your good and for his glory he is doing so right now at this very moment yes this is a promise you have heard a million times yes this is something you even say to encourage others you may even have that verse highlighted in your Bible but for some reason
you don't believe the words for yourself I have come to reassure you today for this is the word of God and his Bible does not return void God is working everything out for your good today right now everything The Good The Bad The Beautiful the ugly I tell you everything everything for your good Romans 8 28 is not saying that everything that happens to us is from God no it is not it is saying that for those who love God he works all things out for them he is telling us that everything that happens to
us good or bad he knows about he allows and he uses for our good while we wait for the day of Jesus return or our death whichever comes first we can and do experience some very bad things here and we don't know why but that's what faith is all about are you sure that God will do what he says he will do because he will or are you timidly crawling through your days afraid you'll fall through at any moment now remember that this promise is only for those who believe we are those who love him
and have been called according to his purpose through his son Jesus Christ he wants to have a personal close and eternal relationship with us God made you and one day he sent Jesus to invite you to have a personal relationship with him when you did you became a Believer and ever since then this promise has been coming true for you let me tell you a story one day two boys joined a Sunday school teacher's class to sign them up she had to find out how old they were and when they were born the one who
spoke up first said we're both seven my birthday is April 8 1976 and my brothers is April 20th 1976. she said but that can't be right no it's not said the brother who spoke less one of us was adopted the boy told the teacher which one she asked the boys looked at each other and smiled the braver one went up to the teacher and said we asked Dad a while ago but he just said he loved us both and couldn't remember which one was adopted by putting our faith in Jesus we become his adopted brothers
and sisters we also become God's adopted sons and daughters as children who have been fully adopted and accepted we have the same blessings as his son Jesus Romans 8 28 is our reality because we have been adopted into God's family his spirit in US confirms his word the Apostle Paul said in First Corinthians 2 14-16 says the person without the spirit does not accept the things that come from the spirit of God but considers them foolishness and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the spirit the person with the spirit makes judgments about
all things but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments for who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him but we have the mind of Christ after we become part of God's family we understand and know that these things are true for example we know that everything works out for our good because God blesses us in every situation of our lives through his holy spirit God lets everything happen in our lives and uses it for our good yes sometimes we can't make sense of this idea it's hard to
understand that not only does God let everything happen but that he uses everything for our good in some way parents do some kind of teachable moments with their kids I am sure you know what I mean you know they use both good and bad things that happen to their kids to help them learn about life and grow even from bad and unfair things that happened John McArthur once said no matter what our situation our suffering our persecution our sinful Behavior our pain our lack of faith in those things as well as in all other things
our heavenly father will work to produce our ultimate Victory and blessing any temporary harm we may suffer will be used by God for our benefit in second Corinthians 12 7-10 Paul says to keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great Revelations there was given me a thorn in my flesh a messenger of Satan to torment me three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me but he said to me my grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness therefore I will boast all the more
gladly about my weaknesses so that Christ's power May rest on me that is why for Christ's sake I Delight in my weaknesses in insults in hardships in persecutions in difficulties for when I am weak then I am strong God uses everything for our good in some way yes Christians do and will go through all kinds of hard things in life it's hard to believe and accept that God lets these things happen and can use them for our good so he gives us his promises and his Spirit to keep us going when things get hard God
isn't saying that bad things make good things happen on their own instead he's saying that all of the events in our lives even the terrible ones work together for our good because of his will and Power God is not saying that every situation will have a happy ending often the good that comes from a very painful situation like getting fired from a job isn't as good as the situation itself God is also not saying that the end result of every situation will be materially better than the situation itself if you get fired from one job
you might not find a better one the good thing that may come out of this is being a better person this is true because God cares much more about our Everlasting lives than he does about our Earthly successes in Romans 8 28 God says that nothing will happen to us that he doesn't have control over some people will wonder then why does he let this terrible thing happen to me even though this is a good question we might never find a good answer in this life Joseph is a great example of what it looks like
to trust God even when life is hard he went through a lot like when his brothers unfairly threw him down a well and then sold him into slavery later he was wrongly accused of seducing Potiphar's wife and put in jail but it all led to him becoming second only to Pharaoh when the land was going through a terrible drought God used him to keep Israel from dying of hunger Joseph said it best in Genesis 50 18-20 which reads his brothers then came and threw themselves down before him we are your slaves they said but Joseph
said to them don't be afraid am I in the place of God you intended to harm me but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done the saving of many lives if you love God no matter what you are going through he will use it for your good very likely to save many lives from an eternal spiritual drought Romans 8 28 also tells us that all this will be according to his purpose his purpose is to make us like his son Romans 8 29 says for those God foreknew he also predestined
to be conformed to the image of his son that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters first God's plan is to save a world that has gone astray he uses his people to reach out to people who don't know him yet which often means they have to give up a lot and go through a lot of pain it did for Jesus for sure second God's plan is to make us more like Jesus every day all things are working towards these good things it's not a brand new idea God has been changing the
lives of his people since the beginning of time because he loves and cares for them because of this the Bible has a lot of verses that remind us that everything can be fixed James 1 2 and 3 says my brethren counted all joy when you fall into various trials knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience but let patience have its perfect work so that you may be perfect and complete lacking nothing we are a special people a generation of Royal priests a holy nation God's special children we are called to praise the one
who brought us out of darkness and into his wonderful light we Are Witnesses of what God has done in our lives and we should talk about it when we are living up to our calling God takes the bad things that have happened to us which Satan wanted to use to destroy us and turns them into something good he chose us and made sure that we would always be his he saves us makes beauty out of ashes and is always working to make us more like him because he knows what is best for us much better
than we could ever know for ourselves are you stuck in waiting for something good to happen listen in the end everything works out if it hasn't worked out yet that doesn't mean it's over God is working on things and he hasn't missed anything his win is certain his glory will shine through when Christ comes back one day we will be like him child of God take comfort in the fact that on the earth and in heaven God's purposes will be established and for us Believers God is working everything out for our good in this life
and eternally
