Day 92: Who...?

Romans 8:31

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Romans 8:34

Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.

Before I say anything I’d like to say that, Christ is on our side. He is rooting for us, He has our best interest at heart. He is constantly going to God on our behalf, he is praying for us, He is watching us and making sure that we are okay. He’s dodging bullets for us and giving us a second chance day in and day out. I think there is sometimes this misconception that God knows we are going to fail, and therefore we have to talk ourselves back into good graces with Him. But that is not true, we are freely offered grace, we have been gifted with a life payed for by the blood of Christ. There is one person in this world able to condemn and He doesn’t, he stands at the right hand of God, praying for us, protecting us, sending people to help us. He gave us the Holy Spirit so that we can walk a life that is free, without condemnation.

Intercede- to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition:

When we are in difficult times Jesus is intervening on our behalf, He’s like our fighter pilot, as my pastor put it. He is shooting attacks down before they even get to us. There are so many attacks that never reach us because God is shooting them down and intervening before they even have a chance to get to us. And if they do get to us, He makes sure that they will not destroy us. God is our protector, He is everything we need. We serve an untouchable God. I'm reminded of Daniel in the lion's den and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fire.  

Daniel 3: 16-25

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”  Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated.  And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.  Then these men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics,[e] their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace. 22 Because the king's order was urgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.  And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace.

 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up in haste. He declared to his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”

Daniel 6:16-22

 Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king declared to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”  And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.  Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.Then, at break of day, the king arose and went in haste to the den of lions.  As he came near to the den where Daniel was, he cried out in a tone of anguish. The king declared to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?” Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! My God sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”

This king thought he was the most powerful man on earth, but He could not touch GOd's children, even when he threw them in the fire, and the lion's den. God was right there with them protecting them. God is untouchable.

I love that the question is asked, “Who is to condemn” and “Who can be against us?” It’s like a parent asking, “who dares lay a hand on my child?”

If Christ is not condemning us, no one has the right to do so, not even ourselves. We have to understand that, we have to know that God is bigger than anyone, and when we have Him on our side, there is no one that can come against us. People will try and sometime they will succeed in scratching us, but they cannot penetrate the love of God, or blood of Christ on our life.

We must walk in this confidence knowing that we are not condemned, there is no one on this earth able to do so. No one. Even when we fall, even when we mess up, when we repent God’s love covers our sins. Our sins cannot condemn us, our hearts cannot condemn us, our family, our pastor’s, our friends, no one.

The main point here today is pretty straight forward. It is us understanding that no one can come against us when God is for us. No one can condemn us when Christ himself chooses not to do so. When Paul asks “Who is to condemn or who can be against us?” I believe that they are both rhetorical questions, as we are well aware that no one is able to do these things but GOd.

We are so blessed to serve a God who is watching our every step making sure that we are always in good hands.

Reflection

1. Have you been subject to condemnation?
2. Do you believe that as long as God is on your side that no one is able to come against you?
3. Do you see Christ as a protector?

Prayer Time

Allow your answers to the above questions guide your prayer today. Thank God that He is always for us. Thank Jesus for standing at the right hand of GOd interceding for us, every second of every day. Find hope and peace in the fact that we serve an untouchable God.

I love you, I hope you have an amazing day or evening. Make sure you share this with someone and come back tomorrow for day 93!