John 15:5 (CB)

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

How can all things be worked together by God for good? The answer is at hand. It is because God’s ultimate purpose is to make us like Christ. His goal is the complete restoration of the image of God in His child! So great a work demands all the resources which God finds throughout the universe, and He uses both joys and sorrows in order to reproduce in us the character of Jesus. His plan is to conform us into Christlikeness; our plan should be to abide in the True Vine. Practice the presence of God, moment by moment for, “apart from Him, we can do nothing”