"All Things Work Together for Good to Them that Love God."
Such is the declaration of Paul in Rom. viii. How full of encouragement to the people of God are these words! Every event of God's providence is at work for them. Even those things which seem to be only evil, are made by the hand of God to bring forth good to them. What care has God for his dear children! To evil men even good things are often utterly pernicious, and made to become a snare; but it is not thus to those who always walk in the fear of God. What to others is only sorrow, and trouble, and calamity, is to them the fruitful source of uninterrupted profit and blessedness. Thank God that everything is made the source and the occasion of good to those that fear him! Surely in everything we can give thanks, when God causes all things to work for our good.