ALWAYS FOR US

GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

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ALWAYS FOR US

READ:  Ruth 1

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

Naomi, her husband, and their two sons left Israel and moved to Moab because of a famine (Ruth 1:1-2).  One son married Ruth, the other married Orpah.  Eventually Naomi’s husband and sons died (vv. 3, 5), so she decided to return to Israel.  But she felt that her daughters-in-law would be better off staying in Moab (vv. 6-13).  She tried to dissuade them from going with her by saying, “No, my daughters; for it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord has gone out against me!” (v. 13).

Was Naomi right in her thinking about God?  Perhaps the family had displayed a lack of faith by moving to pagan Moab, but God certainly was not against her.  He proved this by wonderfully providing for her and Ruth after they retuned to Israel.  (Read the rest of the book-it’s short.)

You may be unemployed, terminally ill, have a disabled child, or care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s.  God hasn’t promised to keep us from such problems. But He has proven that He is always “for us” as Christians by what He did through Jesus (Romans 5:8-9).  Nothing, not even death, can separate us from His love (8:35-39).

The Lord is never “against us,” not even when He chastens us (Hebrews 12:5-6).  He is always for us!   HVL

Our God is always there for us-

Receiving every prayer,

Delighting in our words of praise,

Responding with His care. -Sper

The One who died to save you will never be against you.