Post by Admin on Jan 24, 2020 5:27:17 GMT
Day 2 (Romans 8:28):
Something I have no doubt about, and even confirmed in Scripture, is that the Christian life is not without hardship and challenges. Jesus explicitly states, "In this world you will have trouble" (John 16:33). And when that becomes true in my life, I'm often pointed to Romans 8:28 for comfort, "... in all things God works for the good of those who love him." And if I'm being honest, it hasn't always filled me with the comfort that is intended. Now one of the cool things about the Christian Life is that God is always revealing things about Himself and His character the longer you press in and experience relationship with Him. Today's devotion helped me realize that I wasn't accessing the depth of comfort of Romans 8:28 because I wasn't reading it with the right perspective. When I read "all things," I usually just interpreted it to mean all things in my life - the things going on in my current circumstances. But "all things" is so much bigger than the things going on in my life and my current circumstances, and that's because God is so much bigger and the timeline of His circumstances are eternal. It's when my perspective of God is as big as He truly is - which ought to highlight how small I am - that I really understand the peace Jesus promises in John 16:33 and the good that is being worked for me in Romans 8:28.
youtu.be/xc7tBiAQ_JI
Life Verses From Inside The Ropes • Devotional
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Something I have no doubt about, and even confirmed in Scripture, is that the Christian life is not without hardship and challenges. Jesus explicitly states, "In this world you will have trouble" (John 16:33). And when that becomes true in my life, I'm often pointed to Romans 8:28 for comfort, "... in all things God works for the good of those who love him." And if I'm being honest, it hasn't always filled me with the comfort that is intended. Now one of the cool things about the Christian Life is that God is always revealing things about Himself and His character the longer you press in and experience relationship with Him. Today's devotion helped me realize that I wasn't accessing the depth of comfort of Romans 8:28 because I wasn't reading it with the right perspective. When I read "all things," I usually just interpreted it to mean all things in my life - the things going on in my current circumstances. But "all things" is so much bigger than the things going on in my life and my current circumstances, and that's because God is so much bigger and the timeline of His circumstances are eternal. It's when my perspective of God is as big as He truly is - which ought to highlight how small I am - that I really understand the peace Jesus promises in John 16:33 and the good that is being worked for me in Romans 8:28.
youtu.be/xc7tBiAQ_JI
Life Verses From Inside The Ropes • Devotional
bible.com/reading-plans/12493/day/2?segment=0