May 16, 2017 - Why should I worry about tomorrow, for I am saved today?
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God." (Ephesians 2:8) By grace I am saved, I have no worries for all man can do to me is take my physical life from me. I am saved by the one who can take away both physical life and spiritual life.
"What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31) God who by the blood of his Son, shed on the cross saved me from the penalty of sin forever. God guides my steps through life and who can overcome Him?
"Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died - more than that, who was raised - who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? (Romans 8:34-35)
"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (Romans 8:37)
We who are saved by God's grace are his inheritance from this world. When this age ends and the final day of judgment comes this earth that we know will pass away. The earth and the heavens will be burned up and replaced with a new heaven and a new earth. The only remnant from this earth will be the words of God and the saved, His children who He will keep as His own forever and ever.
"For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any thing else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38-39)
You see, only one thing can separate us from the Lord. That is us, ourselves, through our own fault, our own worldly greed and passions we alone can remove us from God's protection.
"Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)
Take eternal comfort in knowing that God watched over us each day.
"But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and and guard you against the evil one." (2 Thessalonians 3:3) Yes, the Lord is faithful to us as we must be faithful to him for He is our saving grace.
We have but one duty to carry out on earth as explained by the wisest man who ever lived, the great king Solomon. "The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil." (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14)
Stop worrying! If you are saved all you have to do is to fear God, love God and keep his commandments, its that simple, don't make life complicated. Seek God and everything you need will be given to you. "But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." (Matthew 6:33)
"May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ." (2 Thessalonians 3:5)
May the Lord bless you and keep you and make his face to shine upon you this day...
