September 6, 2022

Passage Read: Romans 8-9
Meditation Verses: 8:35-39

Thought

This was such a happy chapter up till this point. God won't withhold anything from us, we should be so happy! He wants to give us everything! He gave His own Son, how will He not freely give us everything else? But then Paul writes this, that in every form of horrible thing, we are not separated from the love of Christ. He doesn't write about wonderful experiences and victories, but about trials and tribulations. He doesn't write about prosperity but trouble. Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ, no matter how hard things get. God plans to give us everything, but not now. Now we have trouble, if we choose to follow Him. Now we have trials, and periods of favor, but difficulties should never surprise us.

Application

I get so angry when things get hard, but I must not be surprised. Especially when it's of my own making. But this is a sin-cursed world, and I am clueless about so many things, so I should never be surprised at trouble or difficulty. And there's no point in getting angry. I need to learn to live with trouble, not think everything should go smoothly. Everything should be hard, until I get out of this world.