IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN EVER BE AGAINST US?
- Romans 8:31
How do we ever forget this concept? I so very often look at how things happen and
wonder with my ever-so-tiny and very limited view of the complex interworkings
of the people and events around me, not to mention all people and the universe
itself, and wonder why things happen the way they do. Tony Dungy asks "How many times have we prayed for a certain outcome, imagined that a
problem has only one solution, and lost heart when that outcome or solution
didn't occur?"
Yet this verse says and forevermore says, If God is for
me, who can ever be against me? Do
I think that when something doesn't go the way I think it should that God has
forsaken me? By my count, God says 17
times in the Old Testament that He will not forsake us. Not only will He not leave us to ourselves,
but He is for us. He is on our
side. Everything that happens will work
out for our betterment so that we can proclaim How Great Thou Art.
Dungy answers his question saying "I am reminded that in every outcome - whether it was the one I had been
praying and hoping for or not - God has a good plan in place, something whereby
He will be glorified." I am
reminded of the song Blessings. That
song says so much and certainly conveys the right thoughts and attitudes
regarding our understanding versus His working for us. We have to know this, not just hope for it,
but know that God is on our side and does not work against us. Any thought we have to the contrary is un-Christian
and could be hypocrisy.
Once we establish our thinking to the cause that God is for
us, then we must be confident that there isn't anything in Creation that can
stand against Him. And since He is for
us, then who can stand against Him within us?
What in Creation will prevent God's will for our spiritual growth, His
sanctifying grace working within us?
There is nothing to stop this apart from us choosing not to accept His
work in us.
Today and forevermore God is with you and for you and will
never leave you. Know this and live!
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