[Read Romans 8:31-39]

“If God is for us, who can be against us?” What a strange and yet delightful question! The answer is so obvious to us we wonder why it would even be asked. And yet all of us know that sometimes we need to be reminded of the most obvious of things. The answer, of course, is no one and nothing can stand against us if God is for us. And God is for us. God is the one who did not withhold the only begotten but gave him for us and for our salvation. The one who has given us the most precious gift imaginable is definitely for us.

This great love of God for us has been shown in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ Jesus. He has lived among us to teach us how much we are loved by God and how we can live into wholeness and healing as part of God’s reign here on earth. He d…