Who shall
separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or
persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Romans 8:32
A lot of this day believers are
faced with one challenge or the other at a point in life and rather than face
and fight the real enemy the devil, they begin to withdraw slowly from God and
his business/work. They make the challenge a priority. The life of Paul is our
perfect example. After he met with God and at the initial stage of his work
with God and his work for God, he had his freedom, he was able to travel around
the world to make sure the gospel, the good news was heard. And then came a
point when he was chained and imprisoned for the sake of the same gospel he
preached, he didn’t relent on his mission neither did he grumble which was the
case of John the Baptist, he made use of the measure of freedom he had even in
the prison cells. He wrote lots of letters and admonition to the Church urging
them to carry on the work of Christ he was persecuted and imprisoned for. He
did all of this in chains.
Withal
praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak
the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds. Colossians 4:3
The
salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
Colossians 4:18
Paul was in chains and still
cared about the gospel, he still wanted the Good news to be heard. He wasn’t in
chains for some reason connected to his personal life, or for an act he
committed or an omission. He was in there for the sake of the Gospel. What
then..? What challenges are you facing that should make you turn your back
against God? Am most positive the chains or bonds referred to in Colossians 4:3
& 18 is not restricted to being imprisoned, it could be the bonds of
poverty, hunger, frustration, lack and want, traumas, sorrow or pain. These
chains are inflicted on believers by the devil and in some circumstances these
chains are as a result of one’s actions. If Paul could still pant and seek
after God, and even continue the work of God in the measure he could , never
for once did he blame God for ending up in the prison or did he think about
ending his service to God. Then, that sums it all. Neither circumstance nor
situation we find ourselves warrants or justifies withdrawal from our
fellowship with God and from the things of God, or even judging God. Be it
persecution from the preaching and practice of the gospel, the inflictions of
the devil or what we bring upon ourselves. NOTHING should separate us from the
love of God as well as continuing the work of God.
For I am
persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor
powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any
other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39…
God’s love for me is unchanging and so is my love for God. Nothing
can stand in my way in my love for God.
……And hey!!!
P.S
Nay,
in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him that loved us. Romans 8:37
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