Can you imagine living with the mindset that even if the entire world were against you, it wouldn’t matter because God was for you? This may be hard to imagine, but it is a truth promised to us. All can rise against you and even try and tear you down, yet despite that, God is for you, which should bring you great comfort. This truth has the power to instill great confidence in the way we live and think because it means the creator of the universe is in your corner and with you.
I played football in high school so I can imagine members of a football team playing their hearts out, yet with each play, the crowd boos, and the referees continue to make calls against them that are not fair. Yet, in the midst of this, I picture one fan rooting and cheering for the team with such passion and heart it can be felt throughout the stadium. This is what I envision with God. I imagine that when those around us are against us and even want us to fail and fall, God is the one who lifts us and continues to root and cheer us on. I imagine that when those around us want to tear us down, God is there to lift us up because that is who He is. He is for us!
Paul goes further to drive this point home when he states nothing, absolutely nothing, can separate us from the love of God. Nothing! Not even our shortcomings or mess-ups. He still loves us all the same. One scholar says this about God’s love: “We cannot know the love of God apart from Christ. The cross, and only the cross, shows what real, divine love is.” God didn’t spare His son; he gave Him up for us so we might live. He has been for us even before we were born.