Psalms 70-71, Romans 8:22-39 • Key Verse: Romans 8:31

The newspaper reminds us of the uncertainty of life. Things happen that are unexpected, tides turn, fortunes shift, lives end. One of the basic needs of humans is a sense of security, yet the events of the day remind us of the insecurity that comes from the uncertainties of life. We just don’t know what’s next. That’s why we turn to the Bible, In it we find reasons to feel secure. We are secure knowing that:

• His purpose will not be frustrated. Since God is for us, none can be against us (v. 31).
• His generosity will not be quenched. Since He has not spared His Son, God will withhold nothing in taking care of us (v. 32).
• His forgiveness will not be canceled. No prosecution can succeed, since God our Judge has already justified us (vv. 33-34).
• His love will not be severed. God has revealed it in Christ, and nothing, even the ten powerful items listed here, will separate us from Christs love (vv. 35-36).

While most people look for security in something, the Christian finds it in nothing. Nothing can frustrate God’s purpose. Nothing can quench His generosity. Nothing can cancel His forgiveness. Nothing can sever His love from us.

Nothing can change the fact that, as Ruth Harms Calkin put it, “None of these nor all of them heaped together can budge the fact that I am dearly loved, completely forgiven and forever free through Jesus Christ.”

God holds us in the palm of His steady hand. We are secure-secure in these “nothings.”

Read again each of the vases listed, noting how each teaches us these truths. Then read aloud these words: “Nothing can frustrate God’s purpose, quench His generosity, cancel His forgiveness and sever His love from us. “Now smile! What joy is found in “nothing.”

Woodrow Kroll & Tony Beckett
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