God's got your back!

If God be for you, who can be against you? Have you reminded yourself of that lately? I heard it so clearly in worship this morning and I had to share it with you. I think so often, the cares of this world can distract you from this very powerful truth. You see, the enemy would have you to think that you just can’t win. He will put constant attacks and distractions in front of you until you don’t know whether you are coming or going. “But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ…” (2 Cor. 2:14a NKJV) In other words, the enemy cannot lead you to defeat because with God, you always win! I felt so strongly that some of you need to be reminded that God is on your side. I know how it is to be tired, and frustrated, but today, God wants you to rest assured that He is there and He has your back!

Sometimes writers and preachers work so hard to find the right way to explain a concept when all that is really needed is the Word of God. He led me to share the Message version of the Romans 8 scripture so that you can get this encouragement down in your spirit. Look at what Paul tells us…

So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God’s chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ’s love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:

They kill us in cold blood because they hate you.
We’re sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.

None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us. (Rom. 8: 31 -39, MSG)

Did that stir up something in your spirit?! God wants you whole and ready to move forward. Yes, the struggle has been real but God is BIGGER! Doesn’t it comfort you to know that you have a big God on your side? Doesn’t it uplift you to know that nothing can get between you and Christ’s love? Do you see? You are more than a conqueror through Christ! You WIN! So, I challenge you to get that word in your spirit. If you’ve been looking for a job for months and still nothing, look depression in the eye and say I WIN! If you’ve been sick and you haven’t seen evidence of healing, look that diagnosis in the eye and say I WIN! If you’ve been frustrated in your calling and all you’ve felt is stuck, look at that dry bone and say I WIN! God is on your side, saint! Be encouraged and reminded that if God be for you, who could ever come against you.

Amen…