I am for you. “If God is for us, who can be against us?” [Romans 8:31 NIV]
Ah, that little word IF? That little word IF makes us wonder, doesn’t it. IF is filled with doubt, uncertainty and the unknown. IF is a gamble. Our lives are filled with IF’S. What if I lose my job? What if I lose a loved one? What if I get cancer or heart disease? What IF’S can fill us with fear and doubt. What IF’S can paralyze us and keep us from living life as we should.
Is that what the Scripture implies … that we are uncertain about God being for us? Is it a gamble to trust God to be for us? No! That’s not what is implied here. In fact, this question is not a question at all – it is a statement. SINCE God is for us, there is no one strong enough to be against us. We can trust that statement.
The next verse gives the reason why we can trust that statement. Romans 8:32: “He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all-how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” [NIV]
Once again this really isn’t a question. It’s a statement of promise and truth. God did not spare his own Son, but gave Him up for us all, now he will also, along with the giving of His Son, graciously give us all things.
I am for you. No IF’S about it!
