In All Things

I am the LORD, I have called You (the Messiah) in righteousness [for a righteous purpose] I will also take You by the hand and keep watch over You, And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people [Israel], As a light to the nations.

Behold, the ancient things have come to pass, and so will the new things which I tell you: yea, before I tell them they are made known to you. (Isaiah 42:6,9) From ages past, they have not heard it, and they have not perceived it with the ears. Apart from you, O God, the eye has not seen what you have prepared for those who await you. (Isaiah 64:4)

The LORD is good to those who await Him, to the soul that seeketh him. (Lamentation 3:25) I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning—more than watchmen who wait for the morning. (Psalm 130:5-6)

And the LORD said, That’s right, and it means that I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans, for I am [actively] watching over My word to fulfill it. (Jeremiah 1:12) And He Himself existed and is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. [His is the controlling, cohesive force of the universe.]

He is also the head [the life-source and leader] of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will occupy the first place [He will stand supreme and be preeminent] in everything. (Colossians 1:17-18) For the universe owes its origin to Him, was created by Him, and has its aim and purpose in Him. To Him be the glory throughout the Ages! Amen. (Romans 11:36)

I make known the end from the beginning,

from ancient times, what is still to come.

I say, My purpose will stand,

and I will do all that I please. (Isaiah 46:10) All things are done according to God's plan and decision; and God chose us to be his own people in union with Christ because of his own purpose, based on what he had decided from the very beginning. (Ephesians 1:11)

And we know that for those who love God, that is, for those who are called according to his purpose, all things are working together for good.

In all these things we are triumphantly victorious due to the one who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor anything above, nor anything below, nor anything else in all creation can separate us from the love of God that is ours in union with the Messiah Jesus, our Lord. (Romans 8:28,37-39)