Romans 5:8–Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation

Posted by Seth on Nov 13, 2009 in Bible Study, Daily Devotions |

Romans 5:8–Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation

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Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Romans 5:8 wherein we observe God as the great planner who has planned good things for sinners.

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

As a general rule, those who tend to succeed the most in life and enjoy a good amount of stability are the ones who have some kind of a plan for the future. This is only a general rule though because we have this significant limitation as humans: we neither know or can ultimately control events of the future. But imagine someone who did have that power and the great security that he/she could bring for himself and everyone he loves. Eliminate everything else that still may be wrong or deficient with this individual and we catch a glimpse of what God is like. He is presented here as the One who had a plan and enacted it, favoring the most unlikely and sacrificing what was most precious to Him.

What should be amazing to us is that God’s plan for His children included love when we felt none toward Him. That is what a perfect, gracious, and merciful Father does. What is interesting about this short sentence of Scripture is that in it there are three weighty themes highlighted, each one briefly, yet mightily described. We have here the substances love, sin, and death. Love is done on the part of God and it happens not because there has been some pleasant exchange between He and the recipients, but because His very being consists of love that He chooses to share. Next, we observe the subject of sin; sin is our bit. We’re bent on it, caught in it, and hopeless without a Rescuer. We can even hear of God and His love but be happy doing our own thing, going our own way. Then comes the subject of death. What would seem logical at this point would be for God to continue to enjoy love within the Trinity and forget the sinners, leaving death for the lot of them. This would be a complete picture, but instead the least likely One to go through the death that is here mentioned is the One who indeed endured it: the Son. And 33 years before that death, He rubbed shoulders with the ones deserving of it. The life and work of Jesus should never cease to amaze and bless the Christian. The fact that God had a plan for doing us good when our plans would have led us ultimately to destruction speaks of a stunning love.

Have you taken time lately to thank God for His loving-kindness toward you in Jesus Christ? Knowing that he set a perfect plan in place that can mean great good for you, are you planning with a heart submitted to Him and a desire to see Him glorified through the acting out of those plans? Take a moment today for some reflection before looking ahead.

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