“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ” v. 35
“Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” vv. 37-38
Tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, sword – none of these can separate me from the love of God. In fact, I am more than a conqueror – through Jesus – in all of those horrible experiences. MORE than a conqueror? What is more than a conqueror? A super conqueror. A conqueror with superpowers, completely and overwhelmingly victorious!
Kind of like a SUPERHERO!!!
Because of that, nothing can separate me from Jesus. Not death. Not life. Not angels. Not demons. Not the present or the future. (I love that the past is not even worth mentioning!!!!) Not any powers. Not height or depth. NOTHING in all of creation can separate me from Jesus.
So why am I in an almost constant state of panic and anxiety these days? Because I’m not putting on my superhero cape and accessing my superhero powers. It’s that plain and simple. It comes down to a choice. Am I going to go about my day in fear of panic overwhelming me? Am I going to wear myself out trying to stay ahead of it? Or am I going to take this promise to heart and claim my cape?