Our Love for God
God Commands Our Love, Respect, and Obedience:
Love and Worship God
Romans 8:31-39 The Message (MSG)
31-39 So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God’s chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ’s love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:They kill us in cold blood because they hate you.
We’re sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.
None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.
For Reflection
How well do you trust God?We often read scripture that encourages us to trust God in spite of our human perceptions of dread. We hear stories of those who faced tremendous odds overcoming them. We say, "divine intervention" with a note of doubt. We say, "Don't worry. It will work out." Or, "hand it over to God. Don't worry."
But how many of us honestly expect God to do something to alleviate our suffering when we have seen the wicked thrive? Being faithful does not end our suffering as it did not deter Christ's suffering. But what we do know and should trust is that each of us will see beyond the immediate into God's intention for us. Wait patiently on the Lord.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please post comments here.