Today’s reading is Romans 8.
What is the strongest force in the universe?
A quick search would tell you the 4 strongest forces are weak nuclear, electromagnetic, gravitational and strong nuclear with strong nuclear being the strongest force that exists. I would make the argument that this is incorrect. Romans 8 tells us the power and the strength of God’s love.
It was God’s love that brought the universe into being in Genesis 1. It was God’s love that made everything in it, including us in His image (Genesis 1:26). God didn’t have to create and do any of this and then when man brought sin into the world (Genesis 3:4), He could have said he was done with us. If not then, He could have been done with us we continued to sin against Him. Jesus could have been perfectly happy and comfortable in Heaven and could have left us dead in our sin, separated from Him forever. The Bible tells us He wanted to rescue us while we were still sinners, undeserving of His love (Romans 5:8). Why? The first part of John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world..” That is why He came down and died on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins. If this doesn’t tell us enough about the power of his love, Romans 8 does.
Not only does it say He loves us so much that He works all to be good for those who love Him (Romans 8:28, but it goes on. It expands by asking the question in Romans 8:28-29..
“What 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 gave him up for us all, how will he not also with Him graciously give us all things?”
It puts it right out there, if we have God on our side..what do we have to worry about!
Paul doesn’t stop there though, He expands on the greatest force in the universe, God’s love.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation. or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
Romans 8:37
And then to bring it all home. The mic drop.
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39
And although he said nothing in “all creation” can separate us….I might add not even strong nuclear force can separate us from the most powerful force in the universe which is God’s love.
No matter what you’re going through, the power of God’s love for us should bring us great joy. It is greater.
This past summer I was fortunate to have the lead singers from my favorite band, Sister Hazel, play a private show. One of their songs has become popular as a first dance at weddings. While it fits in that setting, I’ve told my family for years I think it’s really about God. At the show Drew, who wrote and performs the song, said he wrote the song for his kids about God’s love.
The song is “This Kind of Love”.
Check it out here..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLqcf__Jib8&list=RDQLqcf__Jib8&start_radio=1
