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But, only if you “follow in the way you should go.”

There are a lot of people that believe that
only good happens to those that live in
harmony with the universal laws that God
created.

But, that’s not entirely true.

You are promised that you will not be given
more than you can bear without a way of
escape being provided. You are promised that
all things work together for good for those
that love the Lord.

I have a dear brother in this very town that
has been forced to close his doors on his
business. He presented everything in his
business to God. But, he did not succeed.
Will he make it wherever he goes to? Yes,
because he has given his life to the rules
that are set in motion by God.

Another brother of mine in the Lord just had
to drop out of the Presidential race. Is that
because he didn’t live in accordance with
God’s laws of the universe? Probably not. It
means that he was not meant to be President.
It’s like one of the remaining Presidential
candidates said to the question, “What would
Jesus do?” This candidate’s answer was,
“Jesus wouldn’t run for public office.”

See, the people that believe that only good
can happen believe that God is in charge.
But, God is only in charge when you allow him
to be in charge. And, you can do that by
living in accordance with the laws he
created.

Bad things happen to good people. We cannot
control that. We can only control “how” WE
respond to what has happened.

The story of a man who had bad things happen
to him was told in Job. He was given
elephantitis which created large sores on his
body. His wife and kids were gone. His
business plundered into the ground, all so
that Lucifer could try and prove a point to
God. “Let me mess with him, and let’s see if
he still praises your name.”

Now, granted Job did a lot of whining, but he
never broke the “law” that was in place. He
never once blamed God for his situation, even
when his three “friends” tried to get him to
“curse God” and be done with it all.

He was rewarded with a more beautiful wife
and more beautiful children and a better
business that what he had before.

It’s extremely easy to fall into the trap of
violating your principles and the laws of the
universe for short term gain. Want to make
quick money? Just set up a porn site. Or
promise something that doesn’t deliver and
charge a high price for it.

You’ll get quick money.

But, you will also destroy your
reputation. And, you will never
get long-term reward.

You have got to do what it takes to hold on
to the laws of the universe that God created.
When bad times come, look for the way of
escape.

Let me let a story relay the point that what
you may think is bad is actually good:

An African king had a close friend who had
the habit of remarking “this is good” about every occurrence in life no matter what it was.

One day the king and his friend were out hunting.

The king’s friend loaded a gun and handed it to the king, but alas he loaded it wrong and when the
king fired it, his thumb was blown off.

“This is good!” exclaimed his friend.

The horrified and bleeding king was furious.

“How can you say this is good? This is obviously horrible!” he shouted.

The king put his friend in jail.

About a year later the king went hunting by
himself. Cannibals captured him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, stacked
some wood, set up a stake and bound him to it. As
they came near to set fire to the wood, they noticed that the king was missing a thumb. Being
superstitious, they never ate anyone who was
less than whole. They untied the king and sent him on his way.

Full of remorse the king rushed to the prison
to release his friend.

“You were right, it WAS good” the king said.

The king told his friend how the missing
thumb saved his life and added,”I feel so sad that I locked you in jail.That was
such a bad thing to do”

“NO! this is good!” responded his delighted
friend.

“Oh, how could that be good my friend, I did
a terrible thing to you while I owe you my
life”.

“It is good” said his friend, “because if I
wasn’t in jail I would have been
hunting with you and they would have killed
ME.”

So, if something bad is happening in your
life right now, realize that it is just a
transition to good. And, don’t stop doing
right.

Make it a great day!

Brother Paul