Oct 9 Devotion: Beyond Today Lies a Sure Tomorrow

 Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

         God finishes what he starts. Every promise he has made, he keeps. Every claim of his ability to do, he has the power to perform. His plans are implemented with precision and completeness. Everything he does is done decently and in order. There are no haphazard accidental outcomes. God can and will do what no one else can do. Because of this, we can be confident in our relationship with the Lord.

1)   He began “a good work” before the foundation of the world.

Ephesians 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame  before him in love:

1 Peter 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

2)   He foretold of this “good work” throughout the Scriptures.

Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,  Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

3)   He made the way possible.

John 3:16-17

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

1 Peter 1:18-19

18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

4)   He will finish what he started.

John 1:12-13

12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 14:1-3

1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would  have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be  caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Revelation 21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

         If you have trusted Jesus Christ as your Savior, then your tomorrow is sure and secure because “he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.”

In Christ’s Service.

Bro. Adrian Moore

2 Cor. 4:5