Surprised by Love and Overwhelmed by Grace

Published: Feb. 17, 2019, 8 p.m.

Before God changes our circumstances, He wants to change our hearts. If our circumstances change for the better, but we remain the same, then we will become worse. God's purpose in providence is not to make us comfortable, but to make us conformable, "conformed to the image of His Son" (Rom. 8:29).  Christlike character is divine goal for each of His children. (Wiersbe, W. W. 1993).