JOHN 10:28-29

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

TO PONDER

There are two ways I think we can be assured about a person. Firstly, when we know who they are and secondly, when we see or know what they do.

Here's an example. I trust my doctor to give me health advice because I know they are a doctor. I can see the certifications on their consulting room walls telling me what training and specialisations my GP has done. This assures me that I can trust his advice. But I don't know my doctor as a person. While I might trust them with my health, I may not trust them to water my plants while I'm away on holidays, I don't know if he's reliable like that, or even if he lives close by or on the other side of town.

We have a wonderful advantage as children of God in being assured by him. We know about him and what he does, He has given us the Bible, telling us he is the creator and sustainer of all things. It tells us that he is all powerful, all knowing and that eve knowing everything, he still loves his people and through his Son Jesus, he has also redeemed us from sin and death and restored us to himself. This means that we also now can know him personally. We can know Jesus the person. God the Father the almighty one makes himself knowable to us. We now can know both the power and majesty of God and be assured that he is for us, and we can know the person of God in Jesus who invites us to follow him and find life in him. It's almost like a double assurance!

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, thank you for the way you make it possible for us to know the Father. Please help me to be assured by your presence with me in all circumstance and to learn more each day of who you are and what you have done for me. Amen

Today's devotion written by Mathew von Stanke, LifeWay Newcastle