{"id":860,"date":"2020-04-12T16:41:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T21:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=860"},"modified":"2020-04-12T16:41:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T21:41:35","slug":"those-who-love-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/12\/those-who-love-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Those Who Love God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cAnd we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his<\/em> purpose.<\/strong>\u201d
Romans 8:28 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever had something bad happen to you? According to\nRomans 8:28, if we are Christians (have Jesus in our hearts and lives), and are\nliving according to God\u2019s Word doing what God wants us to do with our lives,\neverything will work out for good \u2013 even if it seems like something bad at the\ntime. There is a great picture of this lived out in the life of Elijah. Even\nwhen the king and queen wanted Elijah dead, God provided for him and took care\nof him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Elijah\u2019s day, the nation of Israel\nhad already divided into two kingdoms, Israel\nand Judah. The kingdom\n of Israel never had a good king.\nThe worst was King Ahab. God called Elijah to speak to wicked King Ahab. God\nsent Elijah to tell the king there would be no rain in the land; and there was\na drought for over three years. God provided for Elijah during the drought. He\nsent Elijah to the brook Cherith where he had water. God sent ravens to bring\nhim food. When the brook dried up, God sent him to Zarephath where a widow\nwoman took care of him until the end of the drought. After over three years,\nGod sent Elijah back to King Ahab with a great challenge. Elijah told him to\nhave all of Israel\nto meet on top of Mount Carmel. He called for a decision\nfrom the people. Choose who the true God is. After Elijah\u2019s great victory when\nfire fell from heaven and consumed his offering, the people declared, \u201cThe Lord,\nHe is the God.\u201d Because Elijah had all of the false prophets killed, Queen\nJezebel, Ahab\u2019s wicked wife, wanted him dead. Elijah ran for his life. We learn\nthat God had not forgotten Elijah, for He showed Himself to Elijah in a still\nsmall voice. Elijah thought he was the last one who loved and served God. But\nGod told him that there seven thousand others that had not served the false\ngods. Therefore, Elijah was not alone. However, more than this reassurance, he\ngave Elijah a helper \u2013 Elisha. Through all of this, we can learn that even\nthough the nation as a whole had forsaken God and turned to idol worship, there\nwere still those who had not forsaken God. Elijah was a great example of God\nproviding for one who was willing to give his life wholly to serve God, obeying\nHis every command. We should remember the encouragement God gave to Elijah when\nhe was greatly discouraged \u2013 and even fearful for his life (see 1 Kings 17-20).\nRemember Romans 8:28: \u201cAnd we know\nthat all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are\nthe called according to his<\/em> purpose.<\/strong>\u201d Especially that all\nthings will work together for good if <\/em><\/strong>one is living the life God\nwould have them to live. It is important to trust that God will provide for our\nevery need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During days where there are trying times and all seems to be\ngoing wrong, stop and look at your heart and life. Seek God to see if you are\nwhere you should be, doing what you should be doing. If you seek Him with all\nof your heart, you can find Him. \u201c11.\nFor I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of\npeace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 12. Then shall ye\ncall upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto\nyou. 13. And ye shall seek me, and find me,<\/em> when ye shall search\nfor me with all your heart. 14. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD \u2026<\/strong>\u201d\n(Jeremiah 29: 11-14a).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we will obey God, God will provide for us and take care of us \u2013 no matter what. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you living for God, trusting that He will work all things together for good? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever had something bad happen to you? According to Romans 8:28, if we are Christians (have Jesus in our hearts and lives), and are living according to God\u2019s Word doing what God wants us to do with our lives, everything will work out for good \u2013 even if it seems like something bad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[318],"tags":[430,435,432,433,186,434,262,404,273,204,228,431],"class_list":["post-860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-with-verse-and-blog","tag-all-things","tag-called","tag-elijah","tag-elisha","tag-god","tag-king-ahab","tag-love","tag-obey","tag-romans","tag-serve","tag-trust","tag-trying-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":863,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860\/revisions\/863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}