Proverbs 16:4 Wisdom for the Soul

Posted: May 16, 2011 in Spiritual Training, Under Gods Command

Under Gods Command
Proverbs 16:4 The LORD works out everything for his own ends-even the wicked for a day of disaster.

This verse doesn’t mean that God created some people to be wicked, but rather that God uses even the activities of wicked people to fulfill his good purposes. God is infinite and we are finite. No matter how great our intellects, we will never be able to understand him completely. But we can accept by faith that he is all-powerful, all loving, and perfectly good. We can believe that he is not the cause of evil (James 1:13, 17) and we can trust that there are no loose ends in his system of judgment. Evil is a temporary condition in the universe. One day God will destroy it. In the meantime, he uses even the evil intentions of people for his good purposes (See Genesis 50:20)

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