By John Piper
We know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)
If you live inside this massive promise, your life is more solid and stable than Mount Everest.
Nothing can blow you over when you are inside the walls of Romans 8:28. Outside Romans 8:28,
all is confusion and anxiety and fear and uncertainty. Outside this
promise of God’s all-encompassing future grace, there are straw houses
of drugs and pornography and dozens of futile diversions. There are slat
walls and tin roofs of fragile investment strategies and fleeting
insurance coverage and trivial retirement plans. There are cardboard
fortifications of deadbolt locks and alarm systems and antiballistic
missiles. Outside are a thousand substitutes for Romans 8:28.
Once you walk through the door of love into the massive, unshakable structure of Romans 8:28,
everything changes. There come into your life stability and depth and
freedom. You simply can’t be blown over anymore. The confidence that a
sovereign God governs for your good all the pain and all the pleasure
that you will ever experience is an incomparable refuge and security and
hope and power in your life.
When God’s people really live by the future grace of Romans 8:28 — from measles to the mortuary — they are the freest and strongest and most generous people in the world.
Their light shines and people give glory to their Father in heaven (Matthew 5:16).
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