April 2. Better than Everest. We know that for those who love God, all things work together

for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. If you live inside this massive promise,

your life is more solid and stable than Mount Everest. Nothing can blow you over when you

are inside the walls of Romans 828. Outside Romans 828, all is confusion and anxiety and fear and

uncertainty. Outside this promise of God's all-encompassing future grace,

there are straw houses of drugs and pornography and dozens of futile diversions.

There are slat walls and tin roofs of fragile investment strategies

and fleeting insurance coverage

and trivial retirement plans.

There are cardboard fortifications of deadbolt locks,

alarm systems, and anti-ballistic missiles.

Outside are a thousand substitutes for Romans 828. Once you walk through the door of love into the massive,

unshakable structure of Romans 828, everything changes. There come into your life, stability,

and depth, and freedom. You simply can't be blown over anymore. The confidence that a sovereign

God governs for your good all the pain and all the pleasure that you will ever experience

is an incomparable refuge and security and hope and power in your life. When God's people really live by the future

grace of Romans 828, from measles to the mortuary, they are the freest and strongest and most

generous people in the world. Their light shines and people give glory in the world.

Their light shines, and people give glory to their Father in heaven.

Matthew 5.16.