God's Love (Romans 5:6-11)

SCRIPTURE

Romans 5:6-11
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

COMMENT

God loves us. How do we know this? We look at what He has done, that is what should convict us of His love. The fact that He would suffer and die in the person of Christ for our sins should be all it takes. It should not be our health, our social status, or any other issue because those all pale in comparison to grace. God does not earn our love through His work, it evidences his love.

God was not under obligation to save us. As creator of the universe, it would be His right to make the universe any way He chose, create us in any fashion, and then do with us whatever He pleases. Do we really understand that? He could have created a much more challenging and painful existence for us. No drugs to combat diseases, no knowledge of technology for us, no balance of nature, etc. It could be so much worse. This does not belittle the suffering of some. Some do have a miserable existence, and I do not know why people get the hand that is dealt to them. I just know that some, even in the darkest of moments, can look up to Him and offer praise. Others, having so much will not even acknowledge His existence. Yet He loves us all. He provides rain and sun for those who suffer and those who can sit in a cool house with the AC on.

I cannot explain why things are created the way they are. Neither can anyone else. I think it is the utmost arrogance for people to think that somehow God needs to answer to their level of understanding. For some, it is as if they could create a better universe if they were God. But they can't because they aren't. We can't even agree on how to manage a country, let alone create a universe where everyone would be satisfied.

Yes, sometimes it is hard to rejoice, but that is mainly because we have found something to be dissatisfied with. Paul rejoiced in the most difficult of circumstances. Ironic, because from some of the clues given in Scripture, Paul had a vision problem. Perhaps the fact that he could not see with his physical eyes enabled his spiritual vision to be much greater.