*Nothing Can Separate Me*
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)
Father, I confess, so often I am overwhelmed by the circumstances of my life. I’m overwhelmed when my health fails, when my budget buckles, when my child strays, when my job is uncertain, and so many other times. So often I forget that you are sovereign over every aspect of my life. If you number the hairs upon my head, then surely you know about every other detail of my life. It is when I forget your sovereignty that I become most afraid. It is when I forget the depths of your love that I am gripped with worry. It is when I forget the great lengths you went to save me that I sink into despondency.
You have promised that absolutely nothing can separate me from your love for me. There is nothing greater than you, and you have promised that nothing can take me away from you. No present or future circumstances, no matter how evil or dire they may seem, can separate me from your love. No angel or demonic ruler, no matter how powerful or strong, can tear me out of your grasp. There is not a single thing in all of creation, from the highest mountain to the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean, that can separate me from your love. Your love goes higher, wider, farther, and deeper than anything else. I am never outside the bounds of your love.
Why am I secure? Because I am in Christ. When you saved me, you irrevocably joined me to Jesus Christ. I am in him, and he dwells in me. This mystical, glorious union, is what secures me in your love. I will be in Christ for eternity, and as long as I am in Christ, I am secure in your love. Christ is my unassailable fortress, my impregnable shield. Nothing can separate me, take me away from, or dilute your love for me in Christ. Christ is your son, and as his father, you love him intensely. Because you have joined me to Jesus, you love me with that same, intense, unbreakable, immoveable love. Help me to rest in your wonderful love, even when I don’t feel it. Your love for me isn’t dependent on how I feel, but the fact that I’m joined to Christ. Have a greathink week IJNR.