Don’t waste your energy on worry. Don’t get me wrong, I worry a lot. But the Bible says in Matthew 6:27 “Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?” The answer is no. Trust me, worrying about something is not going to help things. There are all sorts of cute quotes that I could share on why not to worry, but I won’t. I’m just going to keep going. So keep reading. There is an album by Christian singer Chris Tomlin that bases its name from scripture: “And If Our God Is For Us”. This scripture passage, Romans 8:31, says “What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” Uh, lots of people. I don’t know about you, but I can think of A LOT of things and people that are against me. Gravity, calories, and speed limits, to name a few.
But seriously, there are a crap load of things out there that are constantly at work to bring about our utter demise. People that seem to live and breathe just to make our lives miserable. Kinda sucks. So what exactly is meant by “Who can be against us?” when there are obviously tons of things/people against us? Well, I believe that what is meant by this is who can be against us and SUCCEED?
God has a plan for each and every one of our lives. No one can enter our life without God already appointing that to happen. No one can insult us, or make our lives miserable without God’s permission. Now, before you go and get mad at God for allowing idiots in our lives, consider this: Isaiah 55:8-9 “ ‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways’,” declares the Lord. “ ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” God has a plan for your life. A plan that is good and pleasing and perfect. This plan includes idiots, jerks, and…well, you get the picture.
But the main thing is this: These people are not SUCCESSFUL in standing against us. Just as the verse in Romans says, if our God is for us, who can stand against us? No one can. They may think that they are, and we may begin to feel defeated, but the truth is those people are actually doing God’s will in causing us trials and tribulations. These problems are actually part of God’s perfect plan for us that is sanctifying us and bringing us further along in our walk with God. So, even though these people think they are winning, and we think they are winning, remember that God is in control. He is in control of the idiots, the jerks, and everything else that enters our lives. So have faith, hope, and trust in the God of the universe. The reigning king who is seated high and lifted up on his throne of glory, ruling supreme over all. That’s all for now.
