The Love of God

 The Love of God

January 8, 2025

Romans 8:35-39

35Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Just as it is written,

“FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG;

WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED.”

37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

“Who will separate us from the love of Christ.”  Indeed, how can we compare or daily struggles with love of God. Are these difficulties of any significance in the grand scheme of things? I say, yes, our trials have significance for our life because God loves us. Now this seems contradictory, but the truth is that our struggles strengthen us. Resistance builds strength. We know that in the gym, and it is equally true in our daily life. Let’s go back to Romans 8 and see how Paul starts this discourse:

Romans 8:28

28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

Wuest Word Studies translates this as:

Romans 8:28 

Andwe know with an absolute knowledge that for those who are loving God, all things are working together resulting in good, for those who are called ones according to His purpose.

There is evil in the world, so it is not that all things are good, but it is that all things work together for our good when we trust in the Lord and walk in his plan for us. When we are walking in His  purpose we can overcome obstacles and triumph over adversity. 

After walking with the Lord for many years and going through many trying times, I can agree with Paul that nothing can separate me from the love of Christ. It is not that the evil one has not tried to separate me and it is Not that I have been discouraged at times, but in the end, I know that I know that God loves me and that’s all that really matters in the world. Life in this world is. It a training field, choir practice, it you will. When we learn to love God and worship Him in all things, then we are ready to enter into true love and are ready to worship Him forever in the heavenly choir. O what a day that will be!