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Todd Gaddis

“‘For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,’ declares the Lord.” (Isaiah 55:8). As Paul writes, “God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28). His eternal sovereignty trumps our temporal situations every time. Finally, “God is love” (1 John 4:8). Note that this verse doesn’t say “God loves,” separating the action from Himself. One might question, "doesn’t God love?” Absolutely! Yet His love is so pure, intense, and unconditional, it cannot be distinguished from who He is.

A simple peasant believer once had a weather vane on top of his barn on which were inscribed the words, "God is love." One day an infidel came to visit him and on seeing this weathervane changing position in the wind he turned to the peasant and with a ridiculing smile upon his face said, "You mean to say that your God is as changeable as the wind?" The peasant shook his head. "No," he said, "What I mean to say is that no matter which way the wind blows, God is love!" The infidel was put to shame. 6

Considering how powerful God is and the many wonderful things He has done, nothing compares to His crowning achievement described in the next chapter.

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