"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship 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 convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future,nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." -Romans 8:35-39
God transcends everything. His love cannot be conquered, it cannot be removed, it cannot be broken, it cannot be lost- which is very comforting for the future.
The future is scary. It is often times dark and unknown, but Jesus is the light we must cling to, I must cling to. Nothing separates us from God's love. No mater what we go through, His love is always there and forever will remain. I can't see my future, but I can trust in the One who does. He holds it all in His hands. Worrying will get me nowhere. It won't make the future any better.
As a kid I would sing the song "He's got the whole world in His hands." It often comes back to me. I can still remember the words and the motion that accompanied that line. As a kid, you'll believe anything. It wasn't hard for me to grasp the fact that God is big. Everything is big when you're a kid. But especially being in college now, that knowledge starts to become reality. So many times I get lost in the mystery, and God shines His light and says," See? I told you to trust Me."
I am so glad God is real. There is no way I could live my life without the knowledge that there is a God up in Heaven orchestrating my life and waiting for the right time to bring me to Him. Life is so empty without having anything to live for. You can live for people, but they will only let you down. Everything in this world will let you down. God has never let me down. He is constantly by my side. His love knows no end.
Last semester, I thought I had my whole future planned out. I was gonna major in Christianity, take Greek and French, go to grad school, etc etc. But this semester, I got thrown a curve-ball and now I have absolutely no clue what is in my future. Oh sure, I still want to go into ministry. But now that I might double major, I can't do all the classes I want to do, and I have no clue how I'm going to get everything done in 3 years. Not to mention, I have absolutely no clue what the summer holds for me. I am going through a dark cave now, but God shines just enough light for me to see the next step. I don't know what lies for me at the end, all I can do is continuously trust and rely on God.
I am so glad God's love is a constant. I almost didn't read my devotional today, but I am so thankful I did. I would've missed out on this truth. When I read Romans 8:35-39, the phrase that immediately stuck out to me was "neither the present nor the future." God gave me the reassuring truth that no matter what happens, no matter what is in store for me, His love is always there. He is always walking right beside me, holding my hand, and guiding me every step of the way.
"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us." (Romans 8:18)
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