New Year, Same Jesus...

This morning, getting ready to head back into work after a week and a half of Christmas/Family/Traveling busyness, I was listening to some Seeds Family Worship music.  They have a song called, "More Than Conquerors."  

"We are more, more, more than conquerors!  Through Him who loved us, through Him who loved us!  What could separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus?  Nothing!"

Here's the link to the song if you don't know it: 

It's a very addicting song...the words and tune are stuck in my head this morning.  

It's from a few verses in Romans 8, where Paul is writing to the church in Rome, and he says, 

( I tried to simplify it so it wasn't so long...but decided against it.  Who couldn't use a little more of God's word?)

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, 

who have been called according to his purpose.  

For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the 

likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.  

And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; 

those he justified, he also glorified.  

What, then, shall we say in response to this?  

If God is for us, who can be against us?  

He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all - 

how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?  

Who will bring any charge against those who God has chosen?  

It is God who justifies.  Who is he that condemns?  

Christ Jesus, who dies - more than that, who was raised to life - 

is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.  

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  

Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 

 As it is written:  

'For your sake we face death all day long; 

we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'

No, in all these things we are more than conquerers through him who loved us.  

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, 

neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 

neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, 

will be able to separate us from the love of God 

that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

I'm struck by all of the TRUTH in His truth.  

We've participated in such wonderful traditions of our Christmas celebrations.  We've had grand feasts, exquisite sweets, lovely gifts, laughter and joy and we've brought in the New Year with great anticipation.  

Yet, as everything feels new and fresh, with New Years Resolutions and a new beginning to a year that holds great promise; we can be reminded that Christ remains the same.

He is constant.  For those of us that have died and risen again with Him, we can be assured of His ability to hold us close, keep us from separation from Him, continuing to do the good works set before us. 

As we begin this New Year we can have confidence that Jesus already knows what's in store for us...and His will is good.  We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

It is indeed a Happy New Year!