“I see that the LORD is always with me. I will not be shaken, for He is right beside me. No wonder my heart is glad, and my tongue shouts His praises! My body rests in hope.” (Acts 2:25-26, NLT)
One of the major causes of hopelessness is an uncertain future. So if you want to live with hope, you must anchor your future in God’s promises to you.
When you buy an insurance policy, that policy promises to cover particular things. When certain things happen, the insurance company promises to pay for it.
Once you know what your policy covers, you don’t sweat it. You don’t worry about the big hospital bill or paying for a new car after yours is totaled, because insurance will pay for it. You don’t worry about what’s covered in the promise.
There are 6,000 insurance promises to you from God in the Bible. Yet we worry because we don’t even know most of them! If we knew them, we wouldn’t be worried.
You don’t know how many years you’ve got left or the highs and lows you’re going to go through. But you already know one thing: You know how it ends! You know what will happen after your life on earth. You know that when you die, you’re going to heaven to be with God forever because He made it possible by resurrecting Jesus. God promises to do that for you, and God cannot lie.
When you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and Savior of the world and follow him as Lord, then you cannot lose your salvation. You may want to let go of God’s hand, but he’s never letting go of yours.
In Acts 2:25-26, Peter quotes David and talks about the resurrection: “I see that the LORD is always with me. I will not be shaken, for He is right beside me. No wonder my heart is glad, and my tongue shouts his praises! My body rests in hope” (NLT).
When you follow Jesus, you not only have God’s promises, but you also have God’s presence. When your ship is breaking apart in a storm, you can trust God’s promise to be with you.
Your body can rest because you hope in the surest thing there is in this world and the next: God’s Word and his promise to save you, keep you, and be with you.
Think about it:
- Why is it important to memorize and not just read God’s promises?
- When the storms of life hit, does it bring you comfort to remember that God is with you? Why do you think you still worry sometimes?
- How has clinging to God’s promises and his presence carried you through a storm in the past?
Prayer
Lord, I thank You and praise You for the promises You have made to Your children, and I wait in hope for the eternal life to come!
Stay encouraged!
Pastor Mike
