Separation

DEVOTION
ROMANS

SEPARATION

Rom 8:35-39
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."
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.
NIV
It is by far one of the most comforting thoughts for my soul, for my spirit, for my mind, that not any single thing can separate me from God’s love that is in Christ Jesus my Lord. It does not matter what or who tries to do this dastardly deed, it or they are going to fail and fail completely. For whoever tries to do such a thing cannot fully understand the power and might of my God. So why does my foe, Satan, keep working so diligently at getting me to see things his way? I wonder, no I know that Gods love is so strong, that even when I do look aside for if even for a moment, He still loves me, and I am not separated from that love because of my failure to stay the course. But I also desire to be that conqueror through Him who loves me. And I am, not because of me but because of Him. Praise God, for that! There is absolutely nothing at all, nothing, oh my soul, consider, how great that word nothing is, when it applies to all there is, and ever has been. Death, life, angels, demons, present, future, any power, height or depth, nor anything in all of creation covers it all. There is nothing that can divide me from the Love of God, and that even applies to me. I cannot separate myself from His love either, because I am anything else in all creation. I shall forever remember the words of Darrell Scott, when he said, “The conscience presence and the constant presence”. Even when I do not feel His present, He is there, even when I do not feel His love, it is there. God never fails, He will always love me, no matter what. How can I let Him down?