31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 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? 33 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.34 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. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,
“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 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.
Step back. See the big picture. God is for us. He loves us. He graciously gives His Son. If He does all that, He will do what I need to face today, tomorrow, and eternity. Christ, meanwhile, is there by His right hand interceding for us. He doesn't take His eyes off us. Even in the most severe suffering of life, He is with us, empowering us to go on. No matter what comes my way today, or tomorrow, or any of the days I may be worrying about, He will be there, looking on and loving us. And since He had the victory, He will in our lives too. Strength for today; bright hope for tomorrow; uncountable blessings surround us.
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