Sealed

October 27

Our God has made some great and precious promises to us. Some of us live our lives as though those amazing words of hope and help are merely ink stains in an ancient book. How foolish we are if we do not realize that the Lord’s word is ‘yea and amen,’ that it stands forever (II Corinthians 1:18, Isaiah 40:8).

The realization that we who have given our lives into His hands by receiving Jesus Christ as our Savior are entitled to eternal hope should also carry the further elucidation of our understanding to the great provision He has made for us regarding the ordinary challenges of life and to the overcoming of every assault of the evil one against us.

In Isaiah 43:1 the Word of protection and provision is very clear to His ancient people Israel and by extension to believers in Christ as well. It tells us, “This is what the Lord says, He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel, ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.’”

The God of creation takes care of His own. He did not fashion us and then abandon us to our own devices. He did not make us and then simply leave us with a few clues as to how we might navigate through life. No. He paid a high price for us—Jesus’ shed blood—and that price means He has sealed us to Himself and will care for us forever.