In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. Rom 8:37

Many things come and go throughout our lives. Things wear out, run out, out-grow, fade away and fail over time.  Very few things last the test of time. We live in a replacement culture where the idea that new is better, where things aren’t meant to last, and when they fail, replace it for a newer model with improved options. This cultural belief impacts the view American society has toward relationships and the way they are managed and maintained. There is the idea that if something doesn’t make you happy or if it’s a problem, get rid of it, replace it. This idea has somehow crept into some Christian beliefs. There is a thought that “when things go wrong in my life, God must be displeased with me. Therefore, I feel rejected.” Can this be? The scripture passage is a response to the question “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” (Rom 8:35). The Apostle interrogated the question and carefully tested the extremities of all conditions that impacted life, living, and the love of God. He interrogated the existence of things in “death and life,” any created intelligences “Angels, principalities, and powers,” the extremes of time “things present, things to come,” things of space “height and depth” finally, anything in the created universe, “any other creature.” His comprehensive, exhaustive interrogation concluded “Nay.” Nothing “shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 8:39). Dear friend, God loves you with His eternal love. We should not misjudge and mistrust the Love of God our Father, and think that our distresses and sufferings, our sins and failures, may make Him love us less. In fact, we can know that death and pain, disease and sorrow, sin and failure, “in all these things” bind us closer to the love of God. “We are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.” It is the love of God from the heart of Jesus that “never fails” (1 Cor 13:8) and loves for all eternity. Father thank You for Your undivided, inseparable, all sufficient love. I praise You and adore You in the blessed Name of Jesus. Amen.