Nothing can Separate

Nothing can separate from the way God loves.

How many times have you either decided to walk away or were pulled away from God? (Things like choosing to party, or things like having a family member die and getting angry with God?) We all have had situations when we choose to or are forced to walk away from God (due to our sin nature).

But God's love always pulls us back.

His love endures forever (Psalm 136). His love is relentless. It's kind. It's patient. It doesn't envy. It doesn't boast and it isn't proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. It doesn't delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. God's love will always protect you, always trust you, always hope for you, and always persevere for you. (1 Corinthians 13)

Satan is making attacks on your life. (It's foolish to think that just because you love God he's not.) The more you love God and enter into a personal relationship with him, the more Satan will attack your life. But the good in it is that no matter how hard Satan attacks, he will never be able to separate you from the love of God. He can have momentarily won battles (which he has in my life, there have been battles that he's won time and time again) but that doesn't change the fact that God will always pull you back to his heart. No matter how much Satan attacks you, he will never win. Because the moment you accepted Jesus, you were put on the right-hand side of God. You're seated in heaven with Jesus, and every battle you ever encounter on earth, you have won because of Jesus. Because no matter how much Satan can get us to sin, or make us mad, or anything he tries to do, its already forgiven and we don't have to live in shame. We win. Because Jesus wins. Nothing can separate you from the love of God.

Read this next passage slowly... Reflect on each thing that is said cannot separate you from Gods love:

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)