Read: Isaiah 42:16
“God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." - Hebrews 13:5
Do you feel lonely and insecure? Is your life unstable and incomplete? Planets in our solar system orbit in a predictable pattern because the sun is a stable center of gravitational pull. Without that pull, the planets would sling out into the universe without any order. If Jesus Christ is the center of our universe, we too stay in a structured orbit; but without Him as the center of our life, we sling out into life without any stability. There is a permanent remedy for this situation.
God’s promise to people who invite Christ into their lives is described in 1 John 5:11-13 “And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.”
The first step is to believe
that Jesus is God and the only Savior for the world. You cannot get to God
except through Jesus, so believe in Him, repent of your sins and start acting
on that faith. Once you invite Christ into your life, make Him the center of
your universe. You will see amazing things start happening in your life as God
stabilizes your life’s orbit.
List all of the most
important issues in your life…home, family, work, hobbies, church, etc. What do
you spend the most time on? That is the true center of your universe at this
moment. How is that working for you? Does it keep you stable and secure? Are
any of these things permanent and unmovable? God is the only entity in this
life, which is the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews
13:8)?
Our relationship with God is
the only part of our life that is stable and secure and that cannot be taken
away. Are you an authentic Believer, or are you a spectator sitting on the
fringes of what God is doing in the earth right now? Once He is residing within
you, you can access the power of His mercy, grace, deliverance, joy, provision
and strength at any moment day or night.
He is not a genie in a
bottle here to grant three wishes, He wants to be the Lord of your life.
Completely surrender to Him all of your negative emotions: worry, fear,
depression, insecurity, loneliness, grief, etc. He will now work on all of
these issues as you trust in His goodness and love. He will stabilize the orbit
of your life and even the most negative concerns will work out for your
ultimate good (Romans 8:28). He will even lead the blind by
ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths. He will guide us all and turn
our darkness into light before us and make the rough places smooth. He will
never forsake us. (Isaiah 42:16; Psalm 37:5)
God’s people listen to His voice. He knows us and we follow Him. He gives us eternal life that starts right here on the earth. We shall never perish, because no one can ever snatch us out of God’s hand (John 10:27-29). God crucifies our fleshly nature and it is no longer us who are living our life. Christ is living in us and through us. We live by faith in the Son of God who loves us and died for our eternal salvation (Galatians 2:20).
We have redemption by His
blood, which means all of our sins, past, present and future are forgiven
according to the riches of His grace (Ephesians 1:7) Now we can do all things through Christ who
strengthens us (Philippians 4:13). We
are now coheirs with Christ (Romans 8:15-17)
and we received a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Therefore we can rejoice and
be thankful and worship God with reverence and awe for all that He does for us (Hebrews
12:28).
Satan comes to steal, kill
and destroy, but we have no fear of him, because we have abundant life through
Jesus who lives within us (John 10:10).
We have no cause to be anxious about anything. We pray about everything and the
peace of God, which transcends all human reasoning, guards our thoughts and
emotions because of Christ’s completed work on the cross (Philippians
4:6-7). He provides for all of our needs
and He even blesses our children as we walk in His ways (Psalm
37:5)
Prayer:
Lord Jesus, thank You for
the salvation you secured for us through Your scourging, crucifixion and death
and burial. Thank You also for the freedom we have now through Your
resurrection life within us. Help us to walk worthy of your sacrifice and help
us to walk as testimonies of Your goodness and holiness (Ephesians
4:1; Colossians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:12).
Thought for the Day:
“I was young and now I am old, yet I have never
seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.” -
Psalm 37:5
