Monday, July 8, 2013

Power of Love

In all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Romans 8:37-39)

Notice it doesn't say we overwhelmingly conquer by doing good works, or by our faith. We overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loves us! His love is constant, powerful, deeper than the deepest ocean, higher than the heavens.. By abiding in His love, we not only conquer, we "overwhelming conquer". If we were playing a baseball game, the score would be 99 to 0! Having God on our team assures us of victory in life. That doesn't mean we'll never have problems, but it does mean He will always love us.

And as long as we abide in His love, we're winners from His perspective. To give an analogy, think about your children. You don't always love everything they do but- you can't help but love them. And the cool thing is- nothing can separate us from God's love. Whether we live or die, there's no angel, no evil, nothing that's happening now and nothing that's ever going to happen, nothing can ever separate us from His love!

Forgive me Lord

Forgive me Lord for sins long past, and those for which I haven't asked. Forgive me when I neglect to pray; instead, desiring my own way...