Our Certainty

The weather map across the country shows frigid temperatures.  Having experienced an unusually warm December, I can only say: it’s January – it’s supposed to be cold!

 

The world’s smartest have been unable to satisfactorily answer James’ question: “What is your life?” (James 4:14).  We know and enjoy the celebration of years – our birthdays – but Scripture tells us [rather] to “number our days” (Psalm 90:12).  What then is the right perspective for a probing question: what is your life?  I’ve not yet stepped outside, but when I do I suspect my breath will be visible when I exhale.  James state a profound truth about this life: “It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.” (James 4:14).  Life is difficult and life is also uncertain.  The uncertainties are certain – never doubt this! While life is uncertain, there is One Who is Certain – unchanging, eternal and faithful.  Peter encourages us to trust our souls to the “faithful Creator” (1 Peter 4:19), Who does “not change” (Malachi 1:6), with Whom there is “no variation or shadow due to change” (James 1:17).  So, what then is your life?  It is brief, fleeting, passing but sustained day-by-day by One Who is the ”first and last, the beginning and the end” (Revelation 22:13).  This answer is sufficient because He is Sufficient – He is our Certainty!