The Divine WHO DAT!

Some of you know, I grew up in Louisiana. So this is a big day for me, the Saints’ first time at the Super Bowl.

In honor of the occasion, I would like to quote an appropriate Bible verse (which would be much more difficult for a Colts fan). Romans 8:27 tells us that “. . . the Spirit intercedes for the Saints in accordance with God's will.” As much as New Orleans may need intercession (!), this verse is talking about something even more significant. We are the Saints, and God’s Spirit intercedes for us.

If you keep reading in Romans 8 (which I highly recommend), you will come across a wonderful passage which I call the Divine WHO DAT.

I grew up on the chant, “Who Dat Say Dey Gonna Beat Dem Saints?” Well, God has a very similar victory chant, and it goes like this (loose paraphrase):

8:31: “. . . If God is for us, WHO DAT be against us?

8:33: “WHO DAT gonna bring any charge against those whom God has chosen (the Saints)? It is God who justifies. WHO DAT condemns?”

8:35: “WHO DAT gonna separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?”

8:37: “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors 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.”

In other words, Who Dat Say Dey Gonna Beat (Us) Saints!

Something to think about, regardless of which team you may be interceding for this afternoon.

L.T.L.