Keith Battle - God Is For Us

Today, my subject is «God is for us.» Yes, God is for us—God is for us! Yes, God is for us. Amen, amen, amen, amen. That’s a word for somebody in a legal battle. I don’t know what kind of battle you’re in, but if you know He’s for you, that’s your word. I hope you leave here today saying, «God is for me.»

In the world in which we live today, during this midterm election, we find ourselves in a very engaging, if you will, political period in our country. A lot of us are now awake to how important the midterm election is. It is the midterm election that sets the agenda, in many cases, for the direction of our nation. For a long time, we just thought if we ran down there every four years to pick the president, we would have what we needed. However, these midterm elections really control what’s happening in Congress and in the Senate, and where legislation takes place.

When making a decision regarding a candidate, it is very important that you understand and know what their platform is. Everybody say «platform.» Their platform is their agenda; it represents what they are against and what they are for. It is their manifesto. It divulges what they plan to do—what is your intention if you are elected? What things will you try to change? What things will you fight to keep as they are and protect? What new legislation are you trying to enact for the good?

It is very important to know a leader’s agenda and their platform because it reveals not just what they are against—that’s important—but what they are for. Any political leader or candidate worth their salt should have a platform. We just had that conversation. They should have a platform, and we should be able to know that. They should say, «I am for this Senate bill, and I am for this bill coming out of the House, and I am for this right, and I am for this group of people that I feel have been ostracized.» It should be clear what they are for.

The reason I bring that up is not just because of the time we’re in; I brought it up because God has a platform. Your God has a manifesto; God has an agenda. Now let me be clear: God, unlike political candidates running for office, is not running for office. He is not in competition with anyone. He is the eternal King of kings and the Lord of lords; He is the eternal incumbent. There is none beside Him. In fact, in Isaiah 45, He says, «I am the Lord, and beside me there is none other. I am not in competition with anybody; nobody’s on my level.» The last time somebody tried to get on His level, Luke said, «I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.» God has no competitors. He is God all by Himself. He is unequivocal; He is incomparable; He is God.

But in spite of how great God is, He does have a platform. God’s platform is higher than a political policy; it is higher than a bill in Congress; it is higher than even an executive order. God’s agenda, God’s platform, is us. God’s manifesto is you and I. Yes, that is so shocking to people that they don’t even know how to react to that—how important you are to God. If you want to know how important you are to God, go back in history when God sat around the table and came up with a redemptive plan just for us. God says, «We’re going to create them, and we know they’re going to mess up, so we’re going to have redemption in place.» The Father says, «I’ll draw them.» The Holy Spirit says, «I’ll fill them and seal them.» Jesus said, «I’ll die for them; I’ll rise from the dead, and I’ll make intercession for them.» That’s our plan—let’s go!

It is the eternal plan of God to take care of us. God is for us—God is for us! We are at the top of His agenda; there is nothing more important to God than us. That is what we are dealing with here, and it is important to keep that in mind because there are some people I’m assigned to talk to today. You think that God is upset with you; you think that God is mad at you. You believe He is holding something against you because of something you’ve done. God is not like that. That’s people—people are like that; they hold things against you and, sometimes, rightly so. But God is not fickle like that.

When God decided to love you, He was smitten. He’s all in—He’s not going back. He will not reverse His commitment to love you. God loves you with an everlasting love. God loves you when you do right; He loves you when you do wrong. He loves you when you say the right things; He loves you when you say the wrong things. He loves you when you say nothing. God’s love is inexplicable; it doesn’t even make sense. In fact, when I was studying this week and examining this passage, I don’t even mean to say this; I’m hesitant to say this because I don’t want to sound irreverent. But if you compared God’s love—as if God were a human being—and studied His love for people, you would…