Paul cites from Exodus 9:16 when he references Pharaoh’s part of God’s plan in Romans 9:17. “For this purpose I have raised you up….” If God used Pharaoh to advance his will, and he used Moses to advance that same will in the time of the exodus should we doubt that God will use us today? We can look around at the groaning of creation and wonder what God is doing, but we must encourage one another to stand in faith that he is working out his will in us and through us. That will brings about wonderful good for those who believe. It means that every mistake we make God can use for his honor. When we fail because we are weak and vulnerable God uses that to display how great and powerful he is. For the believer God is at work to bring about the redemption of men. In these trying times that is a message on which all our hopes should hang.
It took me 13 minutes to read this passage.
Stuart
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