Verse 31 says What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?
How comforting is that? If God is for us, who can be against us? Now, I know what you're thinking: you have people and things that go against you all the time, right?! So do I and so does everyone else in all of existence. But guess what? Those things might come against you, but they will never prevail over you.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? --vs 35
Facing trouble? Persecution? Danger? Sickness? Whatever you're facing, the beauty is that is will not separate us from the love of Christ. Because....
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. --vs 37-39
I could read those words 1,000 times over and still not tire of hearing how there is nothing, nothing on this earth, outside of this earth, in any timeframe, nothing so powerful or big that could ever separate me from God's love. Nothing. Ever.
I could try running, but I couldn't get far enough. I could try to hide, but I would be found. Even on my darkest day, when life just isn't going right, it is never so dark that God's love can't shine through.
Whatever you face today, know that it is circumstantial and ultimately it pales in comparison to the magnitude of God's love for us. Nothing will take away his love from us. Rest in that truth today.
