In That Moment

July 30

Most of us have waited with bated breath for the outcome to some very significant events in our lives. The arrival of a child comes to mind—will the baby be a boy or a girl? Awaiting the bank’s determination as to whether or not our financial resources qualify us for a loan on a new home is another significant event which requires our patience.

We don’t calmly sit as we await the news. We pace. We phone people we know are supporting us in our venture and allow them to encourage us to ‘stay cool’! Those who are interested in events that are unfolding on the national and international scene keep their i-phones tuned to news as it is reported.

But in the most important arena of life, in the spiritual realm where we will be alive for time and eternity, we needn’t wait anxiously for the assurance that we will abide forever with our God and King in Heaven. No. The beloved Apostle gives us the amazing assurance in which we may rest secure through time as we await our transition to eternity. We may abide in peaceful confidence as our lives unfold.

In I John 5:4, 5, he says, “Everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.” While we wait and ponder the outcome of the ordinary events of life, the one matter that matters eternally can be settled—and it is—the moment we lay our lives at Jesus’ feet.