Inseparable

January 16

The Apostle Paul had his share of trouble and hardship. He had been beaten many times and he had been shipwrecked in the course of his travels in the behalf of the Kingdom of Christ. He had been stoned. He had been imprisoned. In II Corinthians 11:25-33 he reiterates much that he has suffered for Christ

When he asked for deliverance from a physical affliction, the Lord’s answer to him was, “My grace is sufficient for you; My strength is made perfect in your weakness,” (II Corinthians 13:9), and Paul was satisfied. The suffering inflicted upon him meant nothing to him. All he desired was to serve Jesus.

And he knew that nothing that came against him had the power to undo him. Paul was convinced that the enemy of the soul of man may scheme and assail, but without success, for the Christ within each believer is far greater than the enemy who attacks from without (I John 4:4).

In Romans 8:38, 39, he states his conviction quite succinctly: “I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor demons; I am convinced that neither the present nor things to come; I believe that no power, no height, no depth—nothing at all—can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”