No Greater Love

~Posted by Rubia

 

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose….

 

….Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: ‘For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.’ 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.” ~Romans 8:28, 35-39

 

A good friend of mine shared these verses with me in an email this past week. What an encouragement from the Lord through her! They have always been wonderful for me to meditate on.

 

The scripture passages surrounding these verses all seem to be very fitting for the present time. Paul talks about our present sufferings vs. the future glory yet to be revealed to us (Rom. 8:18-25), then about how the Holy Spirit intercedes for us in accordance with God’s will when we pray (verses 26-27); about how God works all things out for the good of those who love Him, about His sovereignty, and His all- powerful love for us (verses 28-39). So then, I quote, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Trouble? Persecution? Danger? Our past? Present? Life? Death? Anything?

 

…..”nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

 

Words cannot express God’s powerful love for us. I challenge myself today, “Do I believe that and trust in that as absolute truth with all my heart? Now I can declare that even in the hardest of my days, I believe!

 

My friends, may God’s word here speak to your hearts and encourage you to praise Him for what He has done, and to worship Him! I believe Christ’s death and resurrection truly changes everything for us! Praise the Lord, Jesus Christ! He is God!