Tuesday, 17 September 2013

God is for me!

Romans 8:31-32 NIV:
What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

How I pray that the deep truths revealed in the verses above will be our personal experiences. We keep asking God for things and because we don't receive them as soon as possible, we begin to doubt his power and ability to provide. We seek alternative channels and sources, mostly outside of God, seeking those same things. We tend to avoid God when it seems as if he's not listening to us and we go after dead, deaf and dumb options, which offer no true help.
This is the poser in the verses above: if God could freely and willingly give up his Only Son to die as punishment for sins he knew nothing about, or to bear the cross for crimes he didn't commit, so that we could have life in its fullness, what then,can't God give? If God could turn away from his Son while bearing the sins of the world so that Jesus' new life could give us a new life also, free from sin and its evil end, what can't God give us? The greatest gift has already been given; every other thing is an added benefit of that greatest gift. With Jesus comes the full options; nothing good is withheld from those who already possess the greatest gift.
No wonder then, that the verses above start with that strong assertion: if God be for us, who can be against us? If God is on your side, the quality and quantity of the opposition against you does not matter;  God is in you and for you and his presence, power, prosperity, privileges, protection, provisions and peace are all for you.
As you journey through life, remember, the opposition doesn't count. What you need to work on is the power backing you up. Make sure that the real power himself is for you; he will work out all the other details that bother you. Get his life and really enjoy your life. If he willingly gave his life, there is nothing elsse he will not willingly give you. His time of favour is here.

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