Have you ever felt completely alone in this busy world? Perhaps you have people around you, things you’re involved in, but that sense of detachment, of isolation, nevertheless eats away at you. So, you think to yourself, Why am I going through this? Why do I feel this way?

It’s not an uncommon feeling. Stuff just seems to be happening to you without rhyme or reason; as though you’ve been dropped into the whirlpool of life, with things (good and bad) coming at you randomly from every direction.

We especially get to thinking about our sense of isolation, about the apparent randomness of events, of people’s attitudes and behaviour, when our spirits are down; when we’re hurting.

So, speaking into that place of suffering, God has this to say to you through the Apostle Paul writing to the Roman church in the 1^st Century AD:

Romans 8:28-29 We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love him. These are the people God chose, because that was his plan. God knew them before he made the world. And he decided that they would be like his Son. Then Jesus would be the firstborn of many brothers and sisters.

American pastor and theologian Tim Keller put it like this: “Christianity teaches that, contrary to fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contrary to Buddhism, suffering is real; contrary to karma, suffering is often unfair; and contrary to secularism, suffering is meaningful. There is a purpose to it, and if faced rightly, it can drive us deeply into the love of God and provide more stability and spiritual power than you can imagine.”

Everything works together for the good of those who love God. Everything.

That’s His Word. Fresh … for you … today.