Romans 8:31-39 NKJV
- Jason Strickland
- 1 day ago
- 2 min read
[31] What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? [32] He who did not spare His own Son but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? [33] Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. [34] Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. [35] Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? [36] As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” [37] Yet in all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. [38] For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, [39] nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
It's a pretty regular (and normal) occurrence for me to feel distant from God. I wake up on the wrong side of the bed. I have a few consecutive bad moments in my day. Things don't go according to plan. Even when I pray, I feel like my prayers bounce off the ceiling.
I have to believe that it is in those moments, God is still VERY present, and He IS still attending to my needs. Even through the times when I feel insignificant, He still thought enough of me (and loved me enough) to make provisions for my soul. Jesus counted the costs and saw fit to make a way... for ME.
When things feel off or when I'm not having the best of days, I can still rest in and rely on Jesus being with me, God being for me, and the Holy Spirit working in me. That will always be enough.
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