For those who love the Lord, the answer is quite simple. “If God be for us, who is against us?” (Romans 8:31).
Case closed. God is for us.
But what about those times when His hand seems to be against us? When a job is lost, a child is sick, a parent dies, a cloud of mental illness descends – has God changed His disposition?
Faith embraces the promise, and sees past the circumstance. God being for us means that He remains on our side, and by our side, through the inevitable rough patches that are designed for our (ultimate) good.
In other words, God’s heart is for us even when, to our puny vision, it seems like His hand is against us. We cannot read His heart by the events of today, or tomorrow. We know His heart by His Word
If Tim Tebow helps his team win a football game, does that mean God is for him – but then when the Denver Broncos are blown out by the New England Patriots, as they were this weekend – is God any less for him?
Nonsense. God is just as much for Tim Tebow if he has a successful 15-year career, or if he suffers a catastrophic injury and never plays again.
Just as He is for you, child of God, when life has more rocks and thorns than clear, wide paths.
Today, put the Word in front of your mind and say, “God is for me.” Then, put all your troubling circumstances in a pile and say it again.
Be grateful that you are not among those who reject His love, who set themselves against Him, and who do not know the comfort of a God who is for them.
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Well said, Steve. It’s so difficult, sometimes, to see past your circumstance. When that happens, I try to remember that there’s always someone else with a heavier cross to bear that I. Be blessed.
Great word Steve thank you.