All things work together for good for the Christians

Dear Friends,

Thanks for stopping by. Thanks for your prayers and encouragements.

I am thankful to God for working all things for His glory and our good.

I just reread this short except and felt much encouraged to remember God's love and faithfulness in working all things for His glory and our good even when we don't understand it. Our faith is based on Truths that are revealed in the Words of God. God is unchanging and His Words stands forever.

Hope this excerpt taken from Thomas Watson’s “All Things For Good”, The Banner of Truth Trust, 1991, 1st Published 1663, pages 25 to 26 will encourage you too:

To know that nothing hurts the godly, is a matter of comfort; but to be assured that ALL things which fall out shall co-operate for their good, that their crosses shall be turned into blessings, that showers of affliction water the withering root of their grace and make it flourish more; this may fill their hearts with joy till they run over.

“We know.” It is not a matter wavering or doubtful. The apostle does not say, We hope, or conjecture, but it is like an article in our creed, WE KNOW that all things work for good.

Hence observe that the truths of the gospel are evident and infallible. A Christian may come not merely to a vague opinion but to a certainty of what he holds. The Spirit of God imprints heavenly truths upon the heart as with the point of a diamond.

We have arrived at a holy confidence. Let us not rest in scepticism or doubts, but labour to come to a certainty in the things of religion. It concerns us to be well grounded and confirmed in it.

So all God’s providences, being divinely tempered and sanctified, work together for the best of the saints. He who loves God and is called according to His purpose, may rest assured that every thing in the world shall be for his good.

The result of the text is this. ALL THE VARIOUS DEALINGS OF GOD WITH HIS CHILDREN DO BY A SPECIAL PROVIDENCE TURN TO THEIR GOOD.

“All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant” (Psalm 25:10). If every path has mercy in it, then it works for good.

May God enable us to praise Him always as we remember His love, goodness and mercies to us daily and how He is working all things for His glory and our good, and all His paths are mercy and truth.

If you are in Singapore and looking for a Church or a Reformed Church in Singapore, do come and visit my Church, Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC): https://pilgrim-covenant.com/. 

To God be the glory!

"My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever." Psalm 73:26

Warm Regards,

Nancie

(First posted on 8 February 2008)

Psalm 89:7-14 from Scottish Metrical Psalter (Tune: Noel)

Dear Readers,

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you will find the posts and resources here useful and helpful.

Thank God for the singing of this Psalm 89:7-14 in my Church during the morning worship service a few weeks ago.

Psalm 89:7-14 (Scottish Metrical Psalm)

7  Great fear in meeting of the saints

         is due unto the Lord;

      And he of all about him should

         with rev'rence be adored.

   8  O thou that art the Lord of hosts,

         what Lord in mightiness

      Is like to thee? who compassed round

         art with thy faithfulness.

   9  Ev'n in the raging of the sea

         thou over it dost reign;

      And when the waves thereof do swell,

         thou stillest them again.

  10  Rahab in pieces thou didst break,

         like one that slaughtered is;

      And with thy mighty arm thou hast

         dispersed thine enemies.

  11  The heav'ns are thine, thou for thine own

         the earth dost also take;

      The world, and fulness of the same,

         thy pow'r did found and make.

  12  The north and south from thee alone

         their first beginning had;

      Both Tabor mount and Hermon hill

         shall in thy name be glad.

  13  Thou hast an arm that's full of pow'r,

         thy hand is great in might;

      And thy right hand exceedingly

         exalted is in height.

  14  Justice and judgment of thy throne

         are made the dwelling-place;

      Mercy, accompanied with truth,

         shall go before thy face.

The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N8tdG0lYqE

If you are in Singapore and looking for a Church or a Reformed Church in Singapore, do come and visit my Church, Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC): https://pilgrim-covenant.com/. 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a blessed day! 

Best Regards

Nancie

23 August 2025