Boundless love (Romans 8:31-39)

You may have heard the saying that God would not give you more than you can handle. I disagree with this statement. As we come to the end of Romans 8, we actually see it is the other way around – God will not give us more than He can handle. Paul says that there is now no one and no thing in heaven or on Earth that can condemn us because the blood of Jesus and His glorious resurrection has set us free. Jesus also stands by the right hand of His father at this moment, interceding on behalf of His people, so wherever we do not measure up, when we let God down, Jesus still, to this day and this very moment, is by the Father’s side as a witness and a testimony that we belong to God, and that we are forgiven day after day, no matter the circumstance. In addition to that, no matter what happens in our lives and how bad things get, Jesus’ love never changes for us. The Father also loves us, and Pauls says that this love is inseparable. So, we give glory to God and know that we are truly His children in a divine relationship that is unbreakable. Paul also shares with us that when we do suffer, this is a part of what makes us more like Jesus. Moreover, it is for the sake of other Christians that when we suffer, and we continually keep our eyes upon Christ’s love and His father’s power to bring us through, those Christians who witness us will also be encouraged and urged on their faith. Thus, for us, whether we have much or we have little, whether we are rich or living in poverty, it does not matter – it is win-win because we are more than conquerors through Christ, through God the Father and by the power of the Holy Spirit who loves us.