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#GeraldsDevotional
It Is Well

The bible calls us who believe and trust in Him the chosen ones. The LORD chose us because He already knew that we would ultimately choose Him. He chose each one of us for a very special purpose, one that He gave to each of us before we were born (Jeremiah 1:5).

He also knew in the beginning that we would face continuous attacks from the enemy, with non-stop efforts trying to get us to freeze and to give up that purpose. He warned us to be alert

8 Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring

lion, looking for someone to devour. 9 Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are. – 1 Peter 5:8-9

The LORD knew all of this before we were ever born (the

good, the bad, and the ugly), yet why does He allow the bad (and surely why the ugly)? Well, He knows what He is doing and He simply whispers to you and me to trust Him. Like a prize fighter who goes through heavy training, your body and your muscles feel the pain from all angles

and scream at you to stop because you can’t take another step.

But your Father, who chose and knows you, says “Yes you can. Not everything is as it seems and My purpose for you will not be thwarted.”

When we hear that whisper and know from where it comes, we know that we still

have work to do and…
That it is well.

37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come (neither our fears for today

nor our worries about tomorrow), 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:37-39

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