God is on Your Side

Romans 8:31-32

What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?

This means God is on your side. God is there to help you when you need it. God is cheering you on. God is in your corner. God has your back. Now that’s great news, don’t you think?

The rhetoric of Romans 8:31 doesn’t mean that we literally have no enemies. At times, people will oppose us. More profoundly, in this life, we are in a spiritual battle with sin and evil. 

No doubt, sure, there are hard times and situations.  There are dark valleys in all of our lives. 

Isn’t that the point.  We need not fear; but know we will persevere.  God is for us….God is going to be with us.  God is all about us….making it.

The only all of this makes any sense, to this simply hillbilly mind, is how I feel and love my wife, children, and family.  I am committed to them….no matter what.  Sure, at times I may not like what they do; but I will always love them….and more importantly; do what I can to enable the best for them.  And they, I am absolutely confident; feel the same and would do the same for me.

I want the best for them. I cheer them on. When they go astray, I yearn to get them back on the straight and narrow. When they suffer, my heart breaks. I would give anything for my wife, my children, my siblings, and on…..to flourish in this life.

God is for me—and you—in the most super-amazing-spectacular way.   That is good.  Indeed. 

tHINK aBOUT tHESE tHINGS