For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom 8:38-39)

I pray you had great worship on this past Lord’s Day in your local church! In the week ahead, many of us will reflect, remember, and where possible, reach out to our mother to show appreciation for their life and years of motherly love. Many have become children of God through the love of godly mothers. Our passage this morning assures us of the tremendous love that God committed to all His children through Christ Jesus our Lord. It is God Who saves. It is God Who keeps us. God “has sealed us and given us the Spirit…as a guarantee” (2 Cor 1:22). Having believed and been born again of the gospel for salvation, “you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise” (Eph 1:13). God loved us so much that He gave His only begotten Son that we might have eternal life. He gave us the word of God that we might have the blessed assurance to know that He has saved, sealed, and secured us for all eternity. The word of God assures us of His eternal love. The working of the Holy Spirit in the life of the child of God provides the evidence of eternal life able to persuade us that we are His and nothing can “separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” As you reflect and remember your mother this week, allow the Spirit of God to reassure you of the love that God has for all His children “in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Take a moment to allow God to assure you of His love for you as you read and reflect on these scriptures (Luke 23:43; John 5:24; 6:47; 2 Tim 3:14; Heb 10:22; 1 John 3;19). Give particular attention to the words assure, assurance and assuredly. Father, thank You for the assurance of Your love. Encourage our hearts in Your word that we may sing along with the songwriter who sang “Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine!” In the blessed Name of Jesus. Amen.