Your Secret

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

ROMANS 8:38–39

Do you have a secret. The secret is about something you have done. You have done something very wrong, and your secret is making you feel awful. You feel that you can’t tell people, because they won’t love you anymore. You are really scared of getting into loads and loads of trouble, too. So you keep your secret hidden away in your heart. And although you never speak of it, it is always there, like a giant mountain that you just can’t seem to get away from. Everywhere you turn, it seems as though the giant mountain is right in front of you, threatening to hurt you. You think that nothing you can do will make the mountain go away. You are right—there is nothing you can do, but there is something God has already done.
You need to hear Romans 8:38–39. You especially need to hear the very end of this passage, “. . . nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” What you don't believe is that even though your secret is big, God’s love for you is even bigger. God’s love makes the biggest secret mountain seem like a tiny anthill when compared to his love.
He promises that nothing will change his love for you if you are one of his children. There is nothing and no one stronger or bigger than God’s love for his family. His love never stops; it never gives up on you. The things you do can’t make him love you any less. All you have to do is believe he is as loving as he says he is, even though you know you don’t deserve his love. He loves you because he sees you in Jesus Christ. That means that when he looks at you, he sees only his perfect Son, Jesus.
You see, not only is God our treasure, but we are HIS treasure too. His love for HIS treasure is perfect, and it never changes—ever. Kind of hard to believe, right? Our God is just that good and that kind.

1) Do you have a big secret mountain that seems so big that nobody can love you?
2) Do you believe that there is something one of God’s kids could do that would make God love him less?
3) Do you understand what the Bible means when it says, “. . . in Christ Jesus our Lord”? If not, ask someone such as a pastor or trusted friend that loves the Lord to explain it or you can read it here.

This portion is being shared from Exploring Grace Together: 40 Devotionals for the Family
Copyright © 2014 by Jessica L. Thompson