What many of us miss in this passage is the true regard, even genuine love, which God has for us. Romans 8:31-32 ( KJV ) 31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Many believers become trapped in a vicious circle of self-debasement and self-incrimination derived from false notions about Romans 8:28 thinking that the “all things” are their circumstances when they are, really, God’s gifts. Our prayer life becomes frustrating because the more we ask, even beg, God to change our circumstances the more it seems He has turned a deaf ear. This can produce anger as we struggle under the assumption that God is the author of our suffering. It can damage relationships as we live our lives differently because we sense God’s apparent disapproval. When things are going smoothly it must be because God approves of us, but if times are tough, obviously, God disapproves of us, He is punishing us, or He is trying to teach us something.Īs doubt intensifies it begins to have affect in different areas of the believer’s spiritual life. They experience feelings of abandonment and question God’s purpose for their life as they imagine God’s disapproval and adopt an almost superstitious attitude regarding the events of their life. Often believers think themselves to be at odds with God because of difficult circumstances in their lives. Romans 8:28 ( KJV ) 28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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