Sometimes all people go through terrible suffering. And sometimes the sufferings are so great that it seems to us that all the doors are closed to us. But I want you to know, dear reader, that God is alive and knows our needs; For this reason, he always opens a window through which a ray of light enters our lives to give us hope. He is so, so good that every word that is inspired by the Bible is for our path to be blessed and strengthened, as well as in romans 8:31 it doesn’t make them understand.
Faced with suffering, many people falter in faith. On the other hand, there are those who want to gain the strength to live within their inner potential, but do not take into account that their potentials are powerless.
As children of God our response to suffering is that Jesus Christ has given us life and has also given us the strength to live it through the Holy Spirit, in the light of his word.
People mostly travel roads in search of answers to their conflicts, but they do not realize that the only way is Christ, just as the word of God says, it is the way, the truth and the life. God has given us the best answer through his son Jesus.
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What does Romans 8:31 mean?
Today we can find those who want to easily abandon faith in Jesus. There are also those who renounce the gospel of the grace of God, because they allow themselves to be drowned by the circumstances of failure. Then it is because they have not understood that Christ died for our sins, for our bad circumstances and that he is now our lawyer at the right hand of the Father. What we have to do is fully trust him.
But despite the afflictions, all our problems, diseases, among other things, the word teaches us: “If God is for us, who can be against us?”
Romans 8:31 “What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?”
This expression has been very misinterpreted, misused to make people believe that if they are with God, nothing can happen to them. Well, this expression is true but we must understand how it is applied in our life.
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our life in the world
Our life is made up of experiences, family, work, health, livelihood, belongings, well-being in everything. This is what we cling to and what we love, and we live for precisely this. All these things for us are the most important in our life. In order to improve these aspects of our life, we are guided by what we learn from the world itself and from the same society, since it pressures us to conform to it.
We are is the product of what we learned from our parents, siblings, and friends at school. But when we become Christians, God expects us to stop giving more importance to our life, to all our belongings and to give more attention and importance to him and his will. May we not put our hope in the things of this world but in what he promises us, and in the things of heaven.
(Colossians 3:1-4) “If, then, you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your sights on things above, not on things on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.”
And this is where the secret of true faith lies, of what God wants us to seek and practice. looking means that we put our attention on things above, that we are not so concerned about our own lives, nor eager to achieve great successes in this world.
What we must seek, and worry about obtaining are the things above, for what God has to give us. Everything that we manage to accumulate on this earth will not go away with us, because all these things are temporary, but what accumulates in heaven is eternal, that will never disappear. 2 Corinthians 4:18
Working to sustain our economic needs, improve health, provide our family with a good future, is part of the responsibility as normal people and also as Christians. But we must not get to the point of prioritizing these things and putting God second, then we come to disobey God.
The vast majority of people tend to seek God because they expect him to solve their problems, like those who sought Jesus for the physical food he gave them, but God demands that we work for the food that leads us to eternal life. John 6:26-27
Why should we believe in this expression “who against us”?
When our hope is in our hearts, believing in the promises that God has made for his children, we can enjoy them in all the fullness of the glory of Christ, we just have to strive to obey him.
If God is with us, it is because we are obeying him, and nothing and no one can defeat us. No one will be able to beat us, and they can’t beat us. Since Jesus defeated the prince of this world. Although we will have afflictions if we persevere in the work of the Lord, the victory is already ours.
This Christ told his disciples in the world you will have affliction, but trust because I have overcome it and we can also overcome holding the hand of God, despite adversities. John 16:33
When we understand what God is offering us, this world loses importance and we can understand that if we are faithful, no one can separate us from our purpose, then nothing will separate us from God’s love. Adversities will make us hold on to God more. And always keep in mind what Romans 8:31 says
If the word tells us clearly God is with youWho against you my dear brother? We cannot allow anything that makes us suffer in this world to separate us from what God wants to give us. 1 Peter 1:3-5
Well, you have to know that we are not alone, God keeps us so that we can win. He does not abandon us and through his Holy Spirit he helps us in our daily lives, and he will deliver us from evil at all times and when it is not so, we must know, or understand that God is also with us.
A danger that can make us not trust God.
Our carnality affects us and does not allow us to develop the life of Christ in us. Our concupiscence, and our hardness of heart is the only thing that can separate us from God. Our greatest enemy is not the devil, it is ourselves who can turn away from God, through sin. (James 1:12-15)
How to apply Romans 8:31
God helps us in our daily walk, but for him the most important thing is that we trust his promises that he gives us in his word.
We only have to trust God in good times but also in bad. He will give us the solution in everything we leave in his hands. He never forsakes us and he has already given us victory.
No matter how great the difficulties that befall us, no matter how great the abysses seem, we know that God’s love is far greater and is above all difficulties. Therefore, with authority we can affirm that we have hope. We can leave this place on this day with our heads held high and go around the world showing and announcing hope. He has not abandoned us, nor will he ever abandon us.
So that you can have the certainty of the word of God and be confident in what Romans 8:31 says, apply these tips to your life:
- Apply this word of faith in your life so that you are victorious in your walk as a child of God.
- Always keep in prayer so that God is the source that fills your life.
- Fast when you feel despair and great anguish over any difficult circumstance.
- Study biblical quotes and practice them so that your joy is strengthened.
You will realize that if God is with us, who is against us? How good it is to have this verse in Romans 8:31 that gives us encouragement and fills us with hope to continue on our way to life that really is life, eternity.
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