“The experiences of life, terrible or monotonous, are impotent to touch the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
“Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through
Him that loved us.” Rom. 8:37
‘Paul is speaking of the things that might seem likely to separate or wedge in between the saint and the love of God; but the remarkable thing is that nothing can wedge in between the love of God and the saint.
These things can and do come in between the devotional exercises of the soul and God and separate individual life from God; but none of them is able to wedge in between the love of God and the soul of the saint.
The bedrock of our Christian faith is the unmerited, fathomless marvel of the love of God exhibited on the Cross of Calvary, a love we never can and never shall merit.
Paul says this is the reason we are more than conquerors in all these things, super-victors, with a joy we would not have but for the very things which look as if they are going to overwhelm us.
The surf that distresses the ordinary
swimmer produces in the surf-rider the super-joy of going clean through it.
Apply that to our own circumstances, these very things—tribulation, distress, persecution, produce in us the super-joy; they are not things to fight.
We are more than conquerors through Him in all these things, not in spite of them, but in the midst of them. The saint never knows the joy of the Lord in spite of tribulation, but because of it—"I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation," says Paul.
Apply that to our own circumstances, these very things—tribulation, distress, persecution, produce in us the super-joy; they are not things to fight.
We are more than conquerors through Him in all these things, not in spite of them, but in the midst of them. The saint never knows the joy of the Lord in spite of tribulation, but because of it—"I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation," says Paul.
Undaunted radiance is not built on anything passing, but on the love of God that nothing can alter.
The experiences of life, terrible or monotonous, are impotent to touch the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Taken from Devotions for MORNING and EVENING with OSWALD CHAMBERS (for
March 7th, pg 138)
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“Because Your lovingkindness is better
than life, my lips shall praise You. Thus I will bless You while I live: I will
lift up my hands in Your name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and
fatness (abundance); And
my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips. When I remember You upon my bed, I
will meditate on thee in the night watches. Because You have been my help,
therefore in the shadow of Your wings will I rejoice. My soul follows close behind You: Your right hand upholds
me.” Ps. 63:3-8, NKJV
God Loves You and Wants You to Know
God loves you and wants you to know
He is right here with you.
Open His Word and He will show
Just what you are to do.
Christ longs for you to know He brings
His peace which comes within.
You can be born on eagle’s wings
When you can trust in Him.
The Bible tells us what happened
When first
God’s Spirit came.
It was His Promise that He’d send
His Spirit in
Christ’s Name.
When once we are in Christ made clean
from inherited
sin,
We need to know what God does mean;
He wants to come within.
There are many who were forlorn
But in Christ they believed.
These folks found they’d been “reborn”;
God’s
Spirit they’d received.
It’s so important that we see
The Lord’s way is the best.
Obey His Word so you will be
Someone who finds God’s rest.
by Jean Oathout
“You have seen what I did to the
Egyptians, and how I
bore you on eagles’ wings and brought
you to Myself.”
Ex. 19:4 NKJV
Father, may Your Word guide me daily.
Amen
Be sure to check out tonight's post: "A LETTER FROM GOD: A Must Read" [This was originally posted 12/10/11 from a letter my brother sent me that his Sunday School class had composed as an assignment.]
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