Mark 7:32-37

“He hath done all things well”

It is easy to talk about the goodness of God when everything is going our way. We rejoice in the providence of God, and we thank Him for blessing us in so many ways. We know that he does all things well.

Such was the case with this story in Mark chapter seven. After seeing a deaf man miraculously healed, the crowd was astonished. They wanted to tell everybody about what Jesus had done! They said, “He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.”

However, when trials, troubles and tears come, when God brings painful and bitter things into our lives, then we struggle to believe and proclaim the goodness of God. After all, says our human wisdom, why would a loving God allow bad things happen to good people? Our faith in the intrinsic goodness and justice of God comes under attack; we question, doubt, complain, and even rebel.

As we contemplate the character of God and the sureness of His Word, we are reminded that the goodness and fairness of God are unquestionable and impeachable. In good times or bad, in feast or famine, in laughter or sorrow, He does all things well. Our human wisdom wrestles with this, but we have a higher and greater source of understanding, and it is this holy knowledge that strengthens our souls and comforts our hearts during times of dread and doubt.

Our God does all things well. When prayers remain unanswered, He does all things well. When sickness prevails, He does all things well. When troubles come, He does all things well. When money fails, He does all things well. When friends forsake, He does all things well. When tragedy strikes, He does all things well. When dreams are broken, He does all things well. When hopes are shattered, He does all things well. When life hurts, He does all things well.

If our hearts and minds are assailed with doubt and fear, let us respond as Job did during his time of bitter tragedy:

Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

Surely, our God does all things well.