Romans 8:31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who 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.” 37No, 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.
True love is the most powerful thing in the world. After all, God is love (1 John 4:8) and God is all powerful. We can learn a lot of things from the love of God toward us and we are able to accomplish many wonderful things in life through that same love. It is important to point out that true love always lasts and is always victorious no matter what the circumstances are or its opponent does in an attempt to defeat it. God’s love for us in never defeated nor is it separated from us.
We can learn an awful lot from God’s love toward us so that we may share what we have received from God with others:
1. God’s love is unconditional -I know that this is difficult to grasp for human beings sometimes but it is still an example that God wants us to follow. None of us deserve God’s love but it is available to all and there for us to receive it. Yes relationships maybe conditional but true love is always unconditional. While the nature of a relationship may change but true love does not change. Even though we sin and there are consequences for our sin God still loves us even though we may have chosen to reside outside of His will, His love is still present regardless of our current conditions. For God it is not about what we can do for Him but about what He can do for us through His love, that is why He was willing to give His only Son for our benefit not His(John 3:16).
2. God’s love is eternal -Nothing can separate us from the love of God. As long as God has been around so has God’s love always been in existence. God created us to be able to love like He does, we are built to return love to God and share that relationship with others. Each and everyday that we live we experience God’s love, no matter our current adversities, circumstances or problems; one constant is God’s love. The world continues to change around us, people change too but God and His love are still the same. The only thing that you can count on throughout eternity is God’s love, it will always be there and nothing can separate us from it (vs.38-39).
3. God’s love is victorious -God’s love conquers all things (vs.37). It knows no boundaries in its domination of evil and the things that are not consistent with God’s love. It always wins and does so in dominant fashion. It overtakes evil with forgiveness, mercy, compassion, patience, truth and understanding. Love has so many weapons that it uses so that we may obtain victory in our lives through it. Because of God’s love for us we can never be defeated unless we choose to reject His love and His loving ways. When we receive and then share God’s love victory in every area of our life is guaranteed because there is nothing that can defeat us.
Challenge:
Open up your heart to receive God’s unconditional and eternal love for YOU and then share that same love with others, it will truly prove to be a dominant force in your life over evil and back toward God.
