As your day begins, you have only a vague idea of what may happen. Yes you have plans and schedules and chores but you cannot be certain about how your day will turn out. Only God knows your future.
Although we don't know what will happen today, we do know that Jesus will be right beside us. He will help us with any difficulties and rejoice with us in our victories. Don't you love the promise of Romans 8:38-39? "For I am convinced that neither death, not life, no angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, no depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
You heard that right: nothing outside ourselves can separate us from God's love. But we can separate ourselves. We can choose to ignore or reject Jesus' love. That's why it is so important to spend a few minutes with him at the beginning of each day. We get back in touch with our master. We pray for ourselves and others. We praise and glorify His name. When we fail to spend quality time with Jesus, we will be unprepared for what the day brings.
I love how The Message paraphrases our scripture in Romans: "I'm absolutely convinced that nothing ... nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable ... absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us."
"Embraced by Jesus." That's what my heart desires. As long as I'm held close to my master's heart, anything and everything that happens to me or around me is not going to change the fact that I'm loved by God.
We don't need a map for the road ahead. We have the one who made the road, who made us, and who will never abandon us. What is there to fear? We know that Jesus is there with us.
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