For it is written, “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not 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).”
You have just heard a truth that gives every child of God the ‘permission' to expect the goodness of God in our lives, just because we are His. God's greatest display of goodness ever shown to mankind was what Jesus did on the cross for us. The fact that He was willing to go to that extreme, to snatch us out of the devil's clutches and make us His very own, reveals how much He values us. He believes we are worth every drop of His blood that was spilt. This scripture in Romans says that because of this, we can expect Him to freely and graciously give us all things. God held nothing back when He gave us Jesus, His measure of goodness towards us was extreme.
So, now that we are His, how can we not expect Him to keep being good to us, just as freely and graciously, in all things we need? Take a look at what James 1:17 says, "Every good gift and every perfect (free, large, full) gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all light, in Whom there can be no variation or shadow cast by His turning." God is good, He always was and He always will be good. There is no shadow of changing in Him. And while He lives in us, and we are choosing to yield to His presence inside us, His goodness will be evident and continuously at work in our lives. God's grace and mercy and loving kindness are freely extended to us, all the time, wherever we go. We simply need to turn our eyes to Him and His Word and see it, breath it in, drink deep of its truth, believe it, and be satisfied by it. Let it nourish our souls, energise our spirits and quicken our bodies. Because you are His, and He lives in you, you can choose to have your eyes wide open to see His goodness today.
JESUS IS LORD.
You have just heard a truth that gives every child of God the ‘permission' to expect the goodness of God in our lives, just because we are His. God's greatest display of goodness ever shown to mankind was what Jesus did on the cross for us. The fact that He was willing to go to that extreme, to snatch us out of the devil's clutches and make us His very own, reveals how much He values us. He believes we are worth every drop of His blood that was spilt. This scripture in Romans says that because of this, we can expect Him to freely and graciously give us all things. God held nothing back when He gave us Jesus, His measure of goodness towards us was extreme.
So, now that we are His, how can we not expect Him to keep being good to us, just as freely and graciously, in all things we need? Take a look at what James 1:17 says, "Every good gift and every perfect (free, large, full) gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all light, in Whom there can be no variation or shadow cast by His turning." God is good, He always was and He always will be good. There is no shadow of changing in Him. And while He lives in us, and we are choosing to yield to His presence inside us, His goodness will be evident and continuously at work in our lives. God's grace and mercy and loving kindness are freely extended to us, all the time, wherever we go. We simply need to turn our eyes to Him and His Word and see it, breath it in, drink deep of its truth, believe it, and be satisfied by it. Let it nourish our souls, energise our spirits and quicken our bodies. Because you are His, and He lives in you, you can choose to have your eyes wide open to see His goodness today.
JESUS IS LORD.
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