No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Til He returns or calls me home-
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand.
- Keith Getty and Stuart Townend
The confident standing of a saved soul is a lifelong process. It would be great to live in a Hallmark Channel world of inspiring moments and happy endings. I like inspiring moments, but what happens when the moment is gone? Who you are and what you will be starts in the waters of baptism and it is finished in the unseen realm of eternity. One of the reasons we come together as a church is to remind ourselves of who we are and what we will be.
We are God’s chosen people in a crowd of babbling religious dogma. We are the saved ones- hands folded in prayer during a riot. We are the ones who practice truth in a tide of trends. We are immovable as we happily refuse to join the fallen world’s carousel race to nowhere. We are the mercy givers to those who do not deserve clemency. We do not forget the friendless, the sick and the homeless. We believe in the Book that turns the world upside down and the One who penned it.
Colossians 2:9-10 “For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.” Praise Our Benefactor for the immeasurable love He shows us daily. Bless us, Father, as we serve Thee only. Amen. –Jason Goldtrap
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