Romans 8:28

What does Romans 8:28 mean?

Paul wrote to the church in Rome about life in the Spirit in the middle of suffering. Just before this, he says the Spirit helps us when we don't know what to pray for (verse 26). Then comes the promise: “all things work together for good to them that love God”. It doesn't call every event good; it says God works through everything for his people's good.

How can I apply Romans 8:28 today?

When something painful happens, don't force yourself to call it good. Bring it to God honestly, trusting the Spirit to pray when your words run out (verse 26). Then look back over a hard season you have already come through and write down one way God brought good from it.

In context · Romans 8:26–30

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

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