who is god for anyway?

Who knew my fundamental beliefs could get challenged again and again? Guess that's why we walk slowly through this life instead of fast forwarding.

Mark put up a post on Thanksgiving that kind of made me think a bit. He started with Romans 8:31, "If God is for us, then who can be against us?" It's another one of those truths I have always believed, but not sure I have always believed IN. I knew the words, deep down I believed what they said, but not sure I really lived my life as if I truly believed in those words - or honestly thought that was the case as I walked through my day.

Here is his post:

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

You + God = a majority. If God is on your side, there is nothing you cannot overcome. Why? Because we are more than conquerors through Christ. That is reality. That isn't optimism. It's biblical realism.

If you know that God is for you, then no challenge is too great, no problem is too big, no obstacle cannot be overcome. But most of us doubt this fundamental truth. And I believe it's one of our root spiritual problems. We aren't sure if God is really for us or against us because we allow the guilt we feel over sins committed to infect our feelings. We think God feels about us the way we feel about ourselves! We need to sanctify our feelings.

You need to settle this once and for all. God is for you. God is on your side. God is in your corner. His intentions toward you are always good. Here's an amazing promise in Psalm 84:11:

"No good thing will the Lord withhold from those who do what is right."

Where to go from here? Is God really for me? Is he really in my corner? How can I feel that he is really there for me when Murphy's Law seems to always prevail and win out? I think that makes a big difference - knowing deep down he is really for me.

I'm working on this part of my life, trying to feel as though God doesn't have it out for me. Like in the movie Bruce Almighty - where he says he feels like an ant and God is the mean kid with the magnifying glass burning him with the sun. At the end of the day, I know he is for me - there have been too many times in my life when he has come through for me to completely doubt this fact.

I think my outlook on life would be so much better, and much more clear if I believed he was always looking out for my best interests, trying to keep me on the right path and working for me at every turn. Honestly, if he isn't in my corner, then who is? Who am I relying on when the stuff hits the fan? Me? That's more scary than really believing he is there for me, and loving me, and working towards keeping me safe and happy.

If he is for me, no one can be against me. I just hope all those against me know that...