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121 " in order to trust God in adversity we must believe that God is completely sovereign, perfect in love, and infinite in wisdom. "
― Jerry Bridges , Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts
122 " God never wastes pain. He always uses it to accomplishHis purpose. And His purpose is for His glory and our good. "
123 " God never allows people to make decisions about us that undermine Hisplan for us. "
124 " Our trust in God must be based, not on someone else's experience, but upon what God has told us about Himself in His Word. "
125 " Our lives are also cluttered with a lot of “if onlys.” “If only I had done this,” or “if only that had not happened.” But again, God has no “if onlys.” God never makes a mistake; God has no regrets. “As for God, his way is perfect” (Psalm 18:30). We can trust God. He is trustworthy. Just "
126 " We can put this down as a bedrock truth: God will never allow any action against you that is not in accord with His will for you. And His will is always directed to our good. "
127 " Just as we should learn to stop asking why, or searching for rational explanations, or seeking to discover what “good” there is in our own adversities, so we must also learn to quiet our hearts in regard to God’s government of the universe. "
128 " our innate tendency to think our country is always right. We assume that God will bless our side with victory. The Bible does not support such a view. In fact, according to biblical history, God sometimes uses an evil nation to punish another one, then in turn punishes the first nation for its sin. "
129 " if we want to live less stressful lives, we must learn to live with a single agenda: God's agenda. "
130 " If God controls the circumstances of the sparrow, how much more does He control the circumstances that affect us? "
131 " That is, all that God does or allows in all of His creation will ultimately serve His glory. As John Piper says in his book Desiring God, “The chief end of God is to glorify God and enjoy himself forever.”[ 3] "
132 " We must learn to live by His agenda if we are to trust Him. "
133 " When we disobey God we defy His authority and despise His holiness. But when we fail to trust God we doubt His sovereignty and question His goodness. "
134 " Above all else, our response to adversity should be to seek God's glory. "
135 " The so-called sovereign nations of the world are not truly sovereign. They are nothing more than instruments in the hand of God to accomplish His will: "
136 " The good that God works for in our lives is conformity to the likeness of His Son. "
137 " If we are going to learn to trust God in adversity, we must believe that just as certainly as God will allow nothing to subvert His glory, so He will allow nothing to spoil the good He is working out in us and for us. "
138 " But, note also, the twofold objective of God's providence: His own glory and the good of His people. These two objectives are never antithetical; they are always in harmony with each other. God never pursues His glory at the expense of the good of His people, nor does He ever seek our good at the expense of His glory. He has designed His eternal purpose so that His glory and our good are inextricably bound together. What comfort and encouragement this should be to us. If we are going to learn to trust God in adversity, we must believe that just as certainly as God will allow nothing to subvert His glory, so He will allow nothing to spoil the good He is working out in us and for us. "
139 " For us to trust God in times of adversity, we must believe in God's sovereignty, His love, and His wisdom. Of these three truths, the sovereignty of God seems to be questioned the most frequently and most stridently.It seems we will allow God to be anywhere except upon His throne ruling His universe according to His good pleasure and His sovereign will. "
140 " It seems we will allow God to be anywhere except upon His throne ruling His universe according to His good pleasure and His sovereign will. "