Jerry Savelle's website devotional is one of my favorites! Today's is especially so!
GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE
If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not
spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him
also freely give us all things? (Romans 8:31-32)
There are a lot of Christians who are not convinced that
God is for them. They mistakenly think God is somehow partly to blame for the
bad things that happen to them (never mind their poor choices and decisions).
How would you like to be commander-in-chief of an army
where half of your troops don’t even know who the enemy is? They’ve got their
weapons pointed towards headquarters, blaming you for all of their problems. As
ridiculous as this sounds, it’s a pretty good description of God’s army. I’ve
had people tell me about a particular trial they are facing and then ask, “Why
did God let this happen to me?” They don’t realize that God is not against
them—He is for them!
Jesus made it clear who our enemy is when He said, “Your
adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may
devour” (1 Peter 5:8 NKJV) and “The thief does not come except to steal,
and to kill, and to destroy” (John 10:10 NKJV). He went on in the same
verse to say, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it
more abundantly.”
It is the devil who comes to steal from you and to try to
destroy you. God is a good God; everything He does is for your good and for
your benefit. He will never ever cause a harmful situation in your
life to prove something to you or to teach you something. You are so loved by
God that He is willing to give you freely all things to enjoy.
God is on your side!
Confession: Father, I believe You are for me and not
against me. I thank You that you are a good God who loves to freely give me all
things.
AMEN! God is ALWAYS for us! We ARE His children! We are heirs of God and joint heirs with JESUS our LORD Himself! God's love is beyond our human understanding, but Holy Spirit lives IN every born again believer, ready at all times to teach us the Word and to lead, guide and direct our lives and our steps! Get ready to celebrate HIM everyday, for our God IS God, and he is GOOD! ALL THE TIME! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with an older song called "Everyday":
Shalom in Him!
