Romans 5:1 “Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.”
Our faith is very important as we understand all that God did. Our faith shows that we believe that Jesus Christ came and sacrificed His life for us so we can truly know God. We don’t waver when we are struggling, we turn to God for guidance and comfort and we are confident that no matter what happens everything will be good.
Paul shares in
verse 3, “We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they will help us develop endurance.” We are in this relationship until we die and Satan is going to continue to tempt us and keep us off the narrow road every chance he gets. When we are praying and seeking God’s wisdom we know and are ready for what this world throws at us. this preparation is God’s way of helping us and He gives us His word to meditate on so we are ready for all situations. God’s word is not there for removing the trials from our lives it is there to prepare us to seek Him and be ready.
Verse 4 says, “And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.” We have hope because of Jesus being raised from the dead and that we will someday be in heaven with Him. So our faith grows because of what Jesus did and because God gave us all the tools to be focused on living a life as Jesus did, fully devoted to the Father.
Verse 5 says, “And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because He has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with His love.” We must realize when we feel compassion and joy and peace and all things good in our hearts that is the Holy Spirit guiding us and comforting us because God loves us. He doesn’t want anyone of His children to perish so He has well equip us for our journey home with Him. We need to take the time to seek and open our hearts to ask questions then follow the Spirit and knock so we can change from living for ourselves to living for God. Amen