Good God Surprises
It is such a joy to the heart when God shows up and does something in your life that you were not expecting. And it was something you really wanted and needed. Sometimes, you may think of something rather randomly, but then God works to make it happen. He may even have someone else help to make it happen. God is good all the time! He does the impossible. He is the One that makes our dreams come true, and He keeps His promises always. How faithful is our God!
God has a plan for your life. He orders your steps. If He knows how many hairs we have, then, how much more does He know about every other detail in our lives. It is His good pleasure to take care of His children and fulfill His will for us. Remember He works all things for good for those who love God and are called to His purpose.
James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
Genesis 37:7We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”
Psalm 16:2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.”
Psalm 16:6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
Psalm 16:11 You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
Psalm 115:3 Our God is in heaven;
he does whatever pleases him.
Isaiah 46:10-11
Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
Calling a bird of prey from the east,
The man who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.
Ephesians 1:Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ ...
Isaiah 48:3I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them and I made them known; then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
Daniel 5:5Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.
Malachi 3:1“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty.
Matthew 28:9Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him.
Mark 9:8Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.
Mark 13:36If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping.
Acts 2:2Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
Acts 12:7Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.
Psalm 36:8They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.
Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:19 A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul,
but fools detest turning from evil.
Proverbs 12:2 Good people obtain favor from the Lord...
Psalm 38:9 All my longings lie open before you, Lord;
2 Samuel 23:5“If my house were not right with God, surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part; surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire.
1 Chronicles 28:9“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
Psalm 20:4May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
Psalm 21:2You have granted him his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips.
Psalm 37:4Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 103:5who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Psalm 145:16You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.
Psalm 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.
Proverbs 10:24What the wicked dread will overtake them; what the righteous desire will be granted.
Proverbs 11:23The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.
Song of Songs 7:10I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
Isaiah 55:11so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. [Just when we need it]
Romans 8:5Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
Romans 9:16It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
