Nothing Can Separate Us

³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ³⁶ As it is written:
   “For your sake we face death all day long;
   we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
 ³⁷ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, ³⁹ 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 8:35-39

I am sure there have been times in all our lives we have felt as if God has abandoned us.  There have been many a time I thought God just did not care about my problems.  I now know that to be so very far from the truth.  I know there will be trials in my life but it is all about how I approach those trials that helps me to make it through to the other side.  When the trial has passed I need to take a look at how I handled it and work on what I did wrong.  That means I learn from my mistakes.  He does care and He shows us this everyday.  I wake up in the morning, I breathe, I have food to eat, I can walk, hear, and see.  That does not sound like a God who has abandoned me.  I know God has a great future for me and NOTHING can separate me from that purpose.

I know everyday I have to get up and choose to live this day in the fullness of God.  I can choose not to and do it my way.  That is a very scary thought.  The Bible is our sword and it is a road map for life.  If we fill our heart with the Word of God, how can we go wrong?  I am not saying everything will be perfect, by no means, but we will be able to get through it because of God's great love for us.  My sister said something yesterday that I thought was profound, "Ten thousand years ago God knew we would be right here.  He knew we would be talking in the street in our cars."  God knew I would not have a job and He has already taken care of this.  That is such an amazing thought.  That is why nothing can separate us from God unless we choose to walk away from Him and not accept Jesus.

Now here is the really important part.  The part I haven't told you about...You must except Jesus to never be abandoned.  Jesus is the key to it all.  He died just for you.  If you had been the only person in the world to except Jesus as Lord and Savior, God would have still sent Him to the cross.  God wants no person to perish.  There are people who choose not to accept Jesus and their life is a mess.  They have no hope.  Jesus is your hope.  He loved you so much that He died for you and me.  I cannot even comprehend that kind of love.  Choose Jesus and choose life more abundantly!

I am blessed beyond measure with a great family, wonderful friends, and super church family.  I cannot thank God enough for all He has done in my life.  I am overwhelmed by His great love for me.  What is even more amazing to me is how God tells us He will meet all our needs, we are more than conquerors, and nothing will separate Him from us.  All of this is about walking out my salvation.  WOW!  It cannot get much better than this!