Truth-saturated Tuesdays

One of the goals I have set in my life is to surround myself with truth.  This world is filled with lies and deceit and discouragement will set in when our lives are constantly bombarded with them.  One of the ways that I have purposed to surround myself with truth is to place Scripture around my home.  Not only that, but to make looking in the Scriptures a habit throughout my day and not just at a regularly scheduled event.  I need truth spoken in my life continually and while some days I seek it more than others, I desire to set forth the importance of Scriptural truth in my home.

One truth from Scripture that I find myself clinging to often, is found in one of my favorite passages of Scripture, Romans 8.  The precious truth is this:

"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 precious verse is a jewel amongst a treasure of truth. It comes after Paul shares his struggle against sin and speaks that victory is found in Jesus. It is also after Paul speaks another truth: "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." No condemnation!  What a precious truth!  After that, Paul speaks of the work of Jesus on our behalf- blessed work- that makes us people who are in this Spirit and not the flesh.  But then Paul speaks of the sufferings we face in comparison to the glory one day we will experience as we are one day completely redeemed.  Because of this truth, we can know that the Spirit will pray for us when we cannot and He will pray according to the will of God.  We can know all things- good and bad- are at work for our good and His glory as He molds us more into Jesus' image.  After this treasure trove of truth, we get to this precious verse.

If God gave all- didn't even spare His Son to redeem us- to demonstrate how He is for us- we can trust that along with giving us Jesus, He will graciously give us everything.  In Christ alone, we have all that we could ever need or want. In Christ are all the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God (Col. 2:3I), in knowing Him we have all we need for life and Godliness (II Pet. 1:3)- because of Jesus we have all sufficiency at all times in all places to accomplish all He desires for us to do (II Cor. 9:8).  What confidence we can have in the goodness of God as we remember all the ways God has graciously blessed us in Christ!  Here is the truth and hope we can walk with for today and all our tomorrows! 

Because He has been so gracious,
          Amy