4.5-When things seem out of control, they are not.

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If we are a saved child of God, you have some special advantages.  We have a good conscience because of the forgiveness of sins which was won for us on the cross. 

1 Peter 3.

²¹ Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God ^[q]for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ²² who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.

Jesus was resurrected from the grace proving that His mission of coming to the earth and saving us worked.  He is now at the right hand of God to explain to God what we need.  He knows what rejection feels like.  Jesus was rejected by even his own brothers in the flesh.  He was rejected by the elders and chief priests of His own religion.   

When we lose a job or have financial shortages we can feel like we have been rejected by an employer or even our Father in heaven.  Jesus can explain to God the Father how it feels to go through this.  He is seated at the right hand of God the Father.

God is still in charge.  It may seem that things are out of control.  That nothing works for us.  That total chaos is in play and no one is in charge of this universe.  No, God is over all.  He is love.  He is filled with compassion and mercy.  Things will eventually turn around and we will see His love more clearly than a very hard day we might be having when our suffering is great.