Romans the eighth chapter is an amazing faith builder. The fact that it was written by one of the foremost faith builders and soul winner other than Jesus Christ makes it doubly more important for the Christian to read. Starting in the 35th verse, he asks "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" Throughout the remainder of the chapter, he continues to tell us that NOTHING can separate us from His love. In verse 37, he tells us that in spite of ANYTHING we might face, we are more than conquerors through the One that loves us. Couple this chapter with 1 Cor. 13:8 where Paul declares that the agape love of God NEVER fails and you have an indestructible building block with which to build a strong and joyful Christian life.
As I stated in my previous log, these verses of scripture are merely words that are sweet and lovely until you begin to seriously enter His presence on a daily basis. You HAVE to get to know your Lover. Just knowing about Him and His love is NOT ENOUGH. It is imperative that you make a conscious decision that you are going to know Him and His love first hand by being in His presence. When you do, you begin a journey into the most wonderful of realm that the Christian can possibly experience. To KNOW and EXPERIENCE His love surpasses all the great beauty of the world that HE created. It's depths are certainly unfathomable.
As you delve into the presence of this King of kings and Lord of lords, all other loves begin to fade. Your doubt of His promises begins to be erased even though you see no actual proof that it is coming to pass. A certain swagger comes into your steps as you walk through the valley of the shadow of death on a daily basis. The things that used to confound you and cause you to tremble and quake no longer hold sway over you. A joy that is unspeakable and unflappable begins to carry you through the day. A deep, deep, deep seated knowledge that God has it all under control begins to invade your secret parts. You begin to walk in His love that You KNOW will never, never fail.
To the things that once confounded you and brought you anger and fear you say, "You're not so tough. Your days of moving against me are coming to a close. God said so." The people that used to get under your skin no longer cause you to cry and quake. You realise that God IS greater than they are and that their sway over you is only temporary.
It is then that you begin to realise, also, that nothing can separate your unsaved loved ones from His love either. Even though they walk in sin and cause you grief, an inner well of living water begins to spring up that cries out, "God, love them into submission and into a relationship with You."
The agape love of the Creator God never fails. Spend some time with HIM. Instead of talking your head off to HIM, give HIM some time to love on you. Worship HIM through the choruses that are dear to you. Wait upon HIM and just let HIM hold you for a while. As HIS love becomes real to you, your doubts and fears will automatically fade away. A quiet faith and trust in HIM will begin to prevail in your spirit. As your trust builds, you will begin to see His hand softly and gently moving those immovable hindrances that have caused you grief. Sometimes it will be people and sometimes it will be things. The most important thing you need to remember is that God is rearranging things so that He and you can love on each other better. THAT is HIS most important desire.
Pass this on. It is important to someone today.
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