Our Daily Bread: Rom 8:31b-39; Luke 13:31-35

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

A cynic’s response: "Everyone else." We are sometimes overwhelmed by the obstacles we encounter as we seek to do God’s will. We feel abandoned by our friends and even by God. Today’s first reading is an impassioned argument in support of faith. Paul, who certainly knew temptation and opposition, boldly challenges us to believe and to act fearlessly on our belief because God the all-mighty, who is closer to us than our heartbeat, stronger than the worst evil we will ever face, loves us immeasurably and sustains us unfailingly. The more we affirm our faith and act on it, the stronger our faith becomes.

*Let us make a daily act of faith part of our lives. Lord, I believe. Help my disbelief.