Blessed Assurance
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1 Chronicles 28:9
And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off for ever.
Psalm 131
1. O Lord, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. 2. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a child quieted at its mother's breast; like a child that is quieted is my soul. 3. O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and for evermore.
Heb 10:22
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Acts 17:24-28
24. The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man, 25. nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything. 26. And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation, 27. that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us, 28. for `In him we live and move and have our being'; as even some of your poets have said, `For we are indeed his offspring.'
“In him we live and move and have our being.” “But I have calmed and quieted my soul.” Blessed assurance. We can rest in Him. We don’t need to fret and worry. We don’t need to read some deeply philosophical work by some scholar to find that kind of assurance. We don’t need to struggle with trying to figure out “the meaning of life.” We don’t need to wonder if we’ve done enough to get into heaven. We have a blessed assurance.
God made the world. Then He made us. Then He sent Jesus. That’s quite a plan! I think a God who can work all that out is perfectly and completely capable of managing my destiny. These scripture make me feel so good. Like an afternoon nap at the beach. Like a hot bubble bath. Like a lazy afternoon on the couch with a good book. But more. When I read these verses I am comforted that “everything is going to be okay.”
Since God is in charge, I can take some time off! Since He has a plan, already in place and thought of long, long ago, I don’t need to fret! He’s got it! And that’s reason to be not only comforted, but grateful! He made the stars and the oceans and me. I think he can handle the minutia in my daily existence!
Blessed assurance. That’s what we can feel when we just turn it over to God. He’s got it! He can manage it! He’s in charge, so we don’t have to be. He’s done all this for us – and then He promises us eternal life with Him! So let go. Relax. He’s in charge. Take some time off and turn it all over to God. He’s made us a promise that allows us to have blessed assurance.
I hope you spend your day relaxing into His loving arms and enjoying the blessed assurance that only Christians have!
Mary
