“Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.” – 2 Corinthians 5:5
Scripture reading: 2 Corinthians 5:1-15
Once more, we have that beautiful word–belonging. Because I belong to Jesus. Believers can never tire of confessing their security in Christ. Jesus’ followers confess because I belong to Him, Christ by His Holy Spirit assures me of eternal life. What glorious, blessed assurance! The good news promises–guarantees–convicts me of what is yet to come. Disciples have an eye on the glory day, and we praise God for it.
This world is filled with uncertainties. But in the most holy faith we may confess certainty. God will lead us from this world to the next, and it is the work of the Holy Spirit to convict our hearts of the life to come. Christians can live knowing we are safe in Jesus’ hands, and it is the Holy Spirit who assures us that Christ’s hold is sure.
Our calling is to trust the LORD at His word. How tragic it is to know that so many of our neighbours live without the assurance that can only be given through the Holy Spirit. There are millions who are lost. So many remain dead in their trespasses; blind to their need for salvation and the reality that is yet to come. And what a calling to be used by the LORD to persuade others.
“The real truth is that while He came to preach the Gospel, His chief object in coming was that there might be a Gospel to preach.” R.W. Dale
Suggestions for prayer
“I belong to Jesus; He has died for me; I am His and He is mine through eternity” (TPH 187:4).
Rev. Vellenga is presently serving as a ‘here and there’ preacher who preaches across several Reformed denominational/federational lines. Peter and his wife Judith reside in Delaware, Ontario and are blessed with eight children and a growing quiver of grandchildren. Get this devotional delivered directly to your phone each day via our RP App. This devotional is made available by the Nearer To God Devotional team, who also make available in print, for purchase, at NTGDevotional.com.
