Good morning,
We may be sure that -
Moses had his hands full when he led the people of Israel out of Egypt. The tribes that he was leading were mainly worshiping other gods. When two of the tribes wanted to get land before the rest of the tribes had been given their part, they were told they had to go ahead of all the others to conquer the rest of the land. They agreed and Moses said, “But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the LORD; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.(Num.32:23) That promise came true again and again for all of us until the end of time. People have always kept ignoring what God told them. The most gifted man on Earth to succeed in life, Solomon, went from holy and obedient to rebellious. He stopped obeying God’s commands. So the LORD said to Solomon, “Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you.(1Ki.11:11) Another example much later was the prophet Habakkuk who cried out, How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice?(Hab.1:2,3) What they were faced with was, Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.(v.4) God was keeping his promise again. Because Habakkuk trusted God he was able to accept God’s decision and said, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.(vs.18,19) We can be sure of that promise as well if we are willing to live by faith as these saints did.
In the New Testament we are told again, For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.(Rom.6:23) People haven’t stopped sinning since Jesus came and lived with us and died and arose again. What we can also be sure of as sinners is that if we are willing to trust and obey Jesus as Savior and Lord, we may be sure that we will have God’s gift of eternal life no matter what kind of challenges we face in our lives in time. Jesus warned us that especially at the end of time, At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,((Mat.24:10-12) We can be sure that what Jesus said was also true when he added, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.(vs.13,14) Again we are told, For God has said,"I will never fail you. I will never abandon you."So we can say with confidence, "The LORD is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?”(Heb.13:5,6) Again we may be sure that no matter what we are facing in this time in history, no matter what wicked people try to do to us we can look ahead to an eternal life that will last forever.
Habakkuk 3:18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
Roy Wisner,
