And If Our God Is For Us...

Just a thought that I have been meditating on the past month or so. The Chris Tomlin song "Our God" got me thinking about it first,

"And if Our God is for us, then who could ever stop us
And if our God is with us, then what can stand against?"

Then of course Romans 8:31-35, 37

"What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us."

But upon meditation of these things....the idea began to broaden in my mind....if God is for me then that means that Jeremiah 29:11 is true.

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope."

And that would mean that Romans 8:28 is true,

"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose."

Which lead me to think about not just the grand things in life, like our "futures" or "ALL things" but even the daily things, the little things, our daily needs, like a job and food and clothing....and if our God is for us in the big things then He must be in the detailed things as well, which makes Philippians 4:19 true.

"And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

And Matthew 6:31-33 must also be true.

"Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."

Well all of these thoughts that have been spinning in my mind over and over, about how GREAT God is, how He loves us, how if He is for us nothing can be against, all came to a sudden stop one afternoon when I was worshiping to Chris Tomlin's "Our God". And when the words came up,

"And if our God is for us"

It was like everything else stopped in my mind.

Cause you see, it ALL comes down to this one thing. IF OUR GOD IS FOR US. *PERIOD*

There is no need to finish that sentence. Because the reality is that all things will be fulfilled if our God is for us. There is no need to be anxious, to worry, to have fear, to be afraid of people or circumstances.

So, how do we know if God is for us, more specifically, if God is for ME? It is as simple as believing. John 3:16-17 says,

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved."

God loves us enough that He sacrificed everything so that we have only to believe and have faith. Our "sacrifice" is so small in comparison to what He had to do. It does take a sacrifice on our parts to believe in Him, to have faith in Him, to not care about what everyone else thinks, and to lay down our opinions about 'what we want' before His feet.

But can that even be called a 'sacrifice' when we think about what HE did for us? And when we think about how little we have to do, in order for OUR GOD TO BE FOR US?

What could we ever do, that would ever make us deserving of having the God of the universe be FOR us.

Of having everything HE IS, there for us, to love and support us through the good times and the hard times.

I don't know if this has even made sense or not. This thought, just a few simple words in a sentence,

AND IF OUR GOD IS FOR US

seems so profound to me, that I feel the need to keep writing to try and explain it. But what more can I say?

And if our God is for us.....then we have no need of anything else.


grace and peace on your hearts
rachel