Jared Wilson:
Look back over your life and if you see the valleys, see how the Lord has brought you out of them time and time again. His mercies are new every morning (Lam. 3:22-23). His lovingkindness endures forever (Ps. 100:5). His promises are yes and amen (2 Cor. 1:20). He will not leave you or forsake you (Heb. 13:5). Nothing can separate you from the love of God (Rom. 8:39). No one can snatch you out of his hand (Jn. 10:28). Lo, he is with you always, even until the ends of the earth (Mt. 28:20).
He has done all things well.
But don’t just see the valleys, see the mountains. He has given you heights of joy, if you care to see them. At his right hand are pleasures forevermore (Ps. 16:11). He fills you with joy inexpressible and filled with glory (1 Pet. 1:8). The joy of the Lord is your strength (Neh. 8:10). He has made your feet like the deer’s, setting you on secure heights (Ps. 18:33) and lifted you up on wings of eagles (Is. 40:31). Time and time again, he has brought you through and delivered you and given you victories expected and unexpected.
He has done all things well.
And as you view the majestic peaks of his faithfulness throughout your life, beautiful snowy peaks in a breathtaking mountain range glistening in the light of heaven, see the one standing tall above them, the most high, the Mt. Everest of God’s faithfulness to you – Mount Calvary, where Christ took your sin and its death to the cross, bore your punishment, casting it away into the void, and thereby declared not “It is mostly done” or “It is begun” but “It. Is. Finished.”
He has done all things well.
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