Your Future

Sarah Young writes in Jesus Calling, p. 174, "Since I (the Lord) went to such extreme measures to save you from your sins, you can be assured that I will graciously give you all you need."

The logic behind that sentence is so simple! If Jesus went to such extreme measures such as becoming a human being, giving His back over to be beaten, and finally dying shamefully on a cross so that we might be save then why would He allow us to waste away after that?

Of course the Lord is going to provide for us after going to such great extremes. We have so much more worth to Him than we realize. It is elementary yet how easy we forget! Satan spins his lies telling us that the Father will not or cannot provide all we need. Our circumstances echo the same untruths until we forget our value to God. Why would He waste the cross on us to simply let us perish?

Once we have this truth down, we can begin to draw strength from its reality. Jesus taught His disciples to pray, "Give us this day our daily bread." The focus is on the present tense. It reminds us to take one day at a time. It calls to our remembrance the manna in the wilderness that came each day but would spoil by the next. God's bread from Heaven was daily and one day only. Jesus tells His disciples to ask for today's sustenance and then to keep blinders on our eyes re tomorrow which holds enough trouble all its own.

Jesus Calling is a devotional. However, what is written there is a truth that has its roots in Scripture. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. I found my faith strengthened as I realized its validity and I hope you do to. So let's remember, "Since I went to such extreme measures to save you from your sins, you can be assured that I will graciously give you all you need."