"At all times and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord." Ephesians 5:20
For me, this verse stands as a thermometer, which measures our "confidence" in all of what Christ revealed by His life on earth, the Word He revealed to the disciples and through His Spirit, today. When we are able to thank God for the loss of a house, a job, a loved one... it shows that we believe and trust that the Loving Hand Of God is delicately and mightily at work in all things. Remembering that God cannot do evil, but allows those that can and do, to do so, because it plays right into what He will do with it. He uses the wiles of the enemy to work right into His hand... NEVER surprised by what they do, God has the dominoes of events aligned just so that "all things work to glorify Him", and subsequently, His children... one way or another.
Our giving thanks for whatever happens around us, reveals to, not only Him, but those around us, that we are CONFIDENT in what He promises in His Word. It says, I trust in and rely upon God... that's what the word "believe" means, Dear Friends.
Let's pick up with Ephesians verse 5:21 next time.
I love you.
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