“Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring forth.”
There are not many things that we can be sure of. None of us can wake up tomorrow morning and say that our jobs, marriages, finances, homes, the state of our nation, our health or anything else is for sure. Many of you perhaps find yourself in a totally different situation right now than you thought you’d be in last year at this time. There is only one thing that we can be sure of and that is God’s Word. Whatever God says will come to pass. Things He says about history, promises that He makes and things He claims about Himself are for sure.The book of Romans gives us hope against all hope as we see God’s Word declaring truths about what He has done for us. In this book, Paul tells us what our responses should be towards this Awesome God. Listen for a moment to the voice of God: “there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus…” (8:1); “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him…” (8:28); “But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (5:8); “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.” (8:38).
How do we respond to a God who has done so much for us and who did so even at the expense of His being responsible for the death of His only Son? We do so by renewing our minds (12:2), by using the gifts we’ve been given for His glory (12:4-8), and by living lives of obedience and living worshipfully each day walking with the God of our salvation, singing this song with our lives:
“Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and Knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and His paths beyond tracing out! Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor? Who has ever given to God that God should repay Him? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. (Romans 11:33-36)
Today, let’s worship Him with everything within us, for this is the Hope we can rest in and the One whom the season we are about to celebrate is all about.
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