Lift Off! 40 Days of Sacrifice - Day 07
Romans 8:31-39
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies; who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Just as it is written, "For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
During those dark times of life when you cry out like Jesus did on the cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” there are three very important things you must tell yourself: God is good, God is for me, and God is with me. The storms of life at times seem unbearable. We have to take ourselves from a place where it feels like God is nowhere to be found in this darkness, to truly believing these three things. We get to this place by holding on to a God that is unchangeable. The question you need to ask yourself today—especially if you’re in the midst of a dark time in your life—is do you truly trust God?
(excerpted from https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/914-read-letter-day/day/3)
Praise God that He is good. He does not leave us during our most darkest of days. Even though it may seem that God is not near you or for those that are going through unbelievable circumstances, like the refugees we've been praying for, let's cling to the promise that God is still there. Pray that those around the world trying to find their way to a permanent home, would find satisfaction, courage, and hope in a God that is good.
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