The Godly Will Be Secure

April 21

God distinguishes between good and evil men. In Matthew 13: 25-30 Jesus shares a parable that tells us that evil may be allowed to dwell alongside good for a season but the time is coming when all that opposes God will be gathered up and cast into an eternal punishment. The godly will be taken to their everlasting heavenly home.

Sometimes it is difficult for the people of God to see any difference between their lives and the lives of the people around them who have chosen to live a life of sin. That’s because the Lord has said there wouldn’t be. Both groups have ups and downs in life. As the passage in Matthew 13 tells us, they exist side-by-side –for a season.

But that will all change when Jesus splits the sky! When He comes back to gather His own to Himself there will be a staggering number of people left behind to fend for themselves through the horrors of the antichrist’s reign of terror. Even that shall not daunt them in their wickedness, they shall yet rail against God (Revelation 6: 15-17).

When all this transpires, the godly will be secure. Proverbs 3:25-26 says of that time, “Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the Lord will be your confidence and He will keep your foot from being snared.” Those who trust in Jesus may hold confidently to His Word, to His hand—even at that great eternal day.