Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Our Certainty

The weather map across the country shows frigid temperatures: 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 celebration our years – we call them birthdays – but Scripture tells us [rather] to "number our days" (Psalm 90:12).  What then is the right perspective for James' probing question? One step into the frigid cold and our breath is visible. James stated 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.  Its uncertainties are certain – never doubt this! While life is uncertain, there is One Who is Certain – unchanging, eternal, 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).  What then is your life?  It is brief, fleeting, passing but certainly 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!​

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