“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.”
The Chain
Paul names an exhaustive, comprehensive list here, death, life, angels, principalities, powers, present, future, height, depth, any other creature, worth noticing its deliberate thoroughness, systematically covering every conceivable category of potential separation, and then insisting, comprehensively, none of it genuinely, actually can.
This is worth holding specifically against whatever fear of relapse, of future failure, of things to come, might otherwise threaten your own confidence in the freedom this whole final movement has been describing. This verse names things to come directly, comprehensively included in what genuinely, actually cannot separate you.
Notice the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord, the actual thing this whole exhaustive list insists cannot be separated from, not merely abstract theological security, but this specific, personal love, genuinely secured, comprehensively, against every category this verse’s own thorough list has actually named.
Whatever future failure or relapse fear currently threatens your own confidence, receive today this verse’s exhaustive, comprehensive promise. Nothing, including things to come, including your own genuine future struggles, shall be able to separate you from this love, genuinely, comprehensively secured in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Break the Chain
- Notice any fear of future failure that has threatened your confidence in genuine, ongoing freedom.
- Receive today this comprehensive promise, including things to come, as genuinely, actually true.
- Rest in love genuinely secured, not requiring your own perfect, unfailing future performance.
Prayer
Lord, nothing, not death, not life, not things to come, shall be able to separate me from your love in Christ Jesus. Let this comprehensive security be genuinely mine today. Amen.
Carry this today
This comprehensive security includes things to come, your own genuine future struggles.