“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh…
“The Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?..
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 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 8:1-3,26-31-35,37-39
Jesus gave himself to obliterate the condemnation we deserved, and stands interceding and sanctifying, defending and loving. His gift of Himself spans the was and always, able both for one time and constant work. Jesus gave Himself as He guards His own, with whole love and perfect keeping.
Since these things are true, why do we fret? Why do anxieties grip our thinking and paralyze our progress? Applying scriptural truths to every concern, there is no possibility He does not know, no illness He cannot heal, no trauma from which He cannot deliver. Nothing, nothing can separate us from His love and keeping.
What steps can we take to memorize these truths as a helmet and balm? Will we transfer fears to faith, hypotheticals to assurances, what-ifs to what-I-know? What a difference confident trust makes in everyday living! (Ephesians 6:13-18)
Lord, guard my heart and mind in thankful prayer and remembrance of all that is true, that my faith be a beacon to others and bring You glory. (Philippians 4:6-8)
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