One of the richest most
profound chapters in all of Scripture! Romans 8 never ceases to ‘wow me’. All
that God does for us in Christ Jesus…
I find myself thinking
through this chapter again and again as I sit with the Lord on a glorious
morning. The sun is brilliant, particularly so after a few rainy days. The world
is silent except for a bird singing outside my screen door. Nature’s beauty is
radiant, the canvas of our gardens are filled with brush strokes of every color
and hue. God’s presence surrounds me.
I feast on God’s Word. I
move through Romans 8 again
I am free from condemnation
because of Christ in me. God has declared it so. Condemning words spoken by
others or myself against me are drained of their power. There is now no condemnation for those who are in
Christ Jesus (1). God ‘wows me’ again.
In all
things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called
according to his purpose (28). In the tragedies of life… God
is working for the good of those in Christ. In the pain and suffering and issues
that mark our days… God is at work bringing good for those who labor for Him. At
any given moment, even when I am drowning in pain, God is working for my good
because Jesus is in my life. Another ‘wow’…
Paul crescendos with yet
another truth. In all these things we are
more than conquerors through him who loved us (37).
Chapter 7 closeswith us
unable to do the things we want to do because of the war of sin within us. Now
we are more than conquerors! What an image that must have been for the Romans
who built arches for their returning conquerors. We who are in Christ are even
more than that! Blow me out of the water! WOW!
I can barely move. The
weight of God’s glory engulfs me.
Praying the same for you…
Lord, words
fail… I simply have none. Awed by You and all You have done for me, for all who
are in Christ, I offer You my silence of awe and honor…
Amen.
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