Graced With Every Good Thing

If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)

Because God is for us, it truly doesn’t matter who or what is against us. This truth is designed to set us free to know that God is always working on our behalf as we make our way through this life and on into glory. The apostle Paul solidified his argument for this truth as he continued through his letter to the Christians at Rome, reminding 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?” (Romans 8:32).

This type of prose is an example of what is called arguing from the greater to the lesser. God directed everything throughout history in order to bring forth His Son Jesus in the fullness of time to bring us into eternal relationship with Him. If God did not spare His own beloved Son from a horrific death on the cross for our salvation, why would we ever think He might withhold anything else we need in this life?

The sacrifice of the Son of God is not only the surety of our salvation, but also of our sanctification along the way to glory. Because God’s ultimate goal is to conform us into the image of His Son, we can be assured that He will grace us with every good thing that is needed for that process, and that includes even those things we would rather not experience.

God is using everything that is necessary for making us more and more like Jesus. He is using the good and the bad. He is using the storms and the sunlight. He is using the highs and the lows. God will not — God cannot — let us down in this process. The gift of His Son is ironclad proof of this promise. No matter what comes up against you, remember that God is for you. The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus makes that clear. Rest in your redemption, Christian, regardless of the circumstances you face in life, knowing that He who began the good work in you will bring it to completion, and nothing and no one will stand in His way.

You have been graced with every good thing because you have been given the greatest gift the world has ever seen: Jesus Christ. Do you have Jesus? Then you have every good thing!

This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!