Faithfulness and your future … He’s got it.

Faithfulness and your future … He’s got it.

Good Day. 

Stop trying to protect, to rescue, to judge, to manage the lives around you . . . remember that the lives of others are not your business. They are their business. They are God’s business . . . even your own life is not your business. It also is God’s business. Leave it to God. It is an astonishing thought. It can become a life-transforming thought . . . unclench the fists of your spirit and take it easy . . .¹  Sage.

When each of my children was a newborn, hearing news of something bad or violent happening in our world troubled me so.  Sometimes I would think, ‘oh, my goodness…I have brought a tiny, helpless baby into a mean and cruel world!  What have I done?  Here, while I nurse him and care for his every need, he is safe, 

but what will happen when I have to release him out of my care?  What, then?’ 

Truly, it does not seem that the world is getting any kinder.  We spoke of that fact when last we met in ‘Faithfulness—in spite of… God is still on the throne’².  But no matter what is taking place—“who God is” does not change-- he is the epitome of faithfulness.  And so for the young mother, looking at her tiny baby, may I so boldly say, ‘Dear One, God is faithful.’  To the Grandmother who rocks her grandbaby, thinking so tenderly, ‘and what will the world be like for you, little one?’  The answer is the same--God is faithful.  He will do what he said he would do. To the ever-loving mother of her grown children, ‘entrust your children and your grandchildren to God.  If you did not dedicate or give them to God when they were babies, do it now.  Entrust them to God . . . he is faithful.  “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”³ Yes, and thank you, Paul!

One more thing: when the bell tolls for you someday, God will yet be faithful!  Your presence is not required on this earth for God to remain faithful to those you love so dearly.  Faithfulness is who he is. “Faithful is He Who is calling you [to Himself] and utterly trustworthy, and He will also do it [fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you]”.⁴

Hundreds of prophecies recorded in the Word of God have been fulfilled—they came to pass, just as God said they would.  Their fulfillment is a testament to the reliability of Scripture, and the ever-faithful trustworthiness of our God. In addition, fulfilled prophecies strengthen our ability to trust God’s promises as well.  You know, when people we know keep their word, we grow to trust them … so too with God.  The nature of God’s promises tells us about his tender heart toward us.  Indeed God’s promises assure us of his presence, leading, direction, peace, provision, forgiveness, character, and everlasting love … all because he is faithful. 

Do you need to know about the strength of God’s love?  Here’s his promise:  The Lord your God is with you; his power gives you victory.
 The Lord will take delight in you, 
and in his love he will give you new life. 
He will sing and be joyful over you.⁵

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.⁶  

NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD. Note to self: whether or not I "feel" God’s love on any given day is irrelevant; it does not interrupt or change the fact that God loves me.

Do you need some assurance about the future?  For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.⁷

"I am going to prepare a place for you . . .I will come back and take you to be with Me that you also may be where I am."⁸  

O Christian, you have a home in Glory … this world is not your home!  It is a training ground for love, in particular, an opportunity to respond to God’s great love for you. 

Do not worry about tomorrow^9*** … your Father’s got it.  He’s got you.

2 - http://pastorwoman.com/ReadArchive.aspx?id=1248

3 – Philippians 4.19

4 - 1 Thessalonians 5.24, Amplified

5 - Zephaniah 3.17

6 - Romans 8.38-39

7 – Jeremiah 29.11

8 - John 14.3 

9 – Matthew 6.34, but do yourself a favor and read Matthew 6.25-34 just click: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%206.25-34&v...