This week I want to talk about God’s everlasting love. And more so, His all-powerful, unconditional love. I have said before about the almighty power and glory of God. He is available at any time, so as I said before in my prayer series just open up a conversation with Him.
So now I return to God’s love. I am taking today’s verse(s) from Romans. In Paul’s letter to the Romans, he talks about Jesus and the power of the Gospel. In Romans 8:38-39, “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
When we dissect theses verses, we see three pairs of thoughts: death/life, things present/things to come, and height/depth. There is nothing in this life and nothing in death that can separate God’s love from faithful believers. We have His love in our eternal life. This holds similarly with nothing in the present or future can keep us from His love. Nothing in all of time. The use of height and depth here represents a place. In other words, there is no place where we can be that could cause us to be away from God’s love.
Romans 8 is about love and life in the spirit. At the beginning of the chapter, Paul talks of those who set their minds on the flesh will live in the flesh, but to “set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.” Life in the Spirit helps us be closer to God and His love.
One of my favorite verses comes from Psalm 63, “Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.” Again, we honor and praise our God because He is love. He created us so that we receive the never-ending, awesome love, and in turn we love and sing praises to our God. God’s love is also exemplified in this verse from Isaiah, “‘For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,’ says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”
God loves you. Take that. Hold on to that knowledge, trust, and walk on the path on which you have been called, as Paul tells the Ephesians, “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called.”
Everyone have a blessed day!
A Writer's Voice 