Through it all

In the Bible, Daniel has several apacalyptic dreams at the end of his book. They really are very disturbing: rams, goats, horns, broken horns, new horns, on and on. Apparently, this all represents kingdoms rising and falling, being conquered, conquering, one conquest after another. In the end, however, God wins. Not one grand kingdom gets to claim victory, except for God's kingdom. Victory!

Yes! 

Romans 8
37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[b] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither 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. 

We are conquerors because God has already defeated the evil of this world! Praise God! Enough said...right? 

Well, there is another part of that equation...God never says everything will go our way. He never says life will be perfect. He never says we won't be punished for the things we did wrongly! By the same token, He never says, "you did something wrong, so the rest of you're life will be a mess as your punishment." Does He punish us for our disobedience?  Yes,  just like we would punish our own children in order that they will grow up to be kind, considerate, God-fearing, Christians. He is God. He wants everything for us. If we want good things for our children, how much more does God want good things for us. 

However, we can mess things up with our mistakes. He'll fix it in the long run, but the short run might not be pleasant. So, through it all, God is here with us. We may not feel like it, because nothing seems to be going right, but He is. Imagine how bad it could be if He wasn't here through it all! We would have no hope! 

The Good News is, though, that we do have hope, because God tells us He will be with us through it all. We can do this life! For if God is for us who can be against us! 

This song by Colton Dixon sums it up for me today! 
https://youtu.be/ZnuGXvO_l8w