Good Things Part 4 - Pastor Micah

What If?

The path of favor is not always on the mountaintops, it also winds through the valley.

Psalm 23

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.  He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.  He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake.  Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.  You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.  You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.  Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

When you see your life through the lens of God's favor, you see God's goodness in the midst of life's hardship.

The presence of problems doesn't mean the absence of God.

A good life, like a good book, is made up of many chapters.

A Chapter is a chapter ..... it's not the story.

You don't decide all the chapters of your life, but how you frame them decides your story.

Genesis 50:20 - You plotted evil against me, but God turned it into good, in order to preserve the lives of many people who are alive today because of what happened.