Who has the power to separate us from God? Is it possible for a faithful (not flawless) Christian to be torn away from Jesus and drift away out into the sea of isolation away from God? The answer: Nope! Even when we are suffering through the trials of this life, God has not deserted us; rather, He is with us – ALWAYS!
When Joshua was to lead the children of Israel into the promised land, God said to him, “I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you” (Joshua 1:5). When the writer to the Hebrews exhorts and encourages his readers near the end of his letter he quotes this same passage to Christians who need to know the Lord will be with them if they stay faithful to Jesus. He then adds further words of reassurance. Hebrews 13:5b-6 says, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you…The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid…”.
The bottom line: Even when we go through troubled waters, God is still with us, helping us with His presence, and reminding us that one day we will be with Him in glory.
Read Romans 8:28-39 and listen to He Is with Us by Love & the Outcome. Then be calm and have peace in your heart today because God will never desert or forsake you.
Romans 8:28-39
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who will bring charges against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies; who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, but rather, was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or trouble, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? Just as it is written:
“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We were regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.