Great Joy!

Jude 1: 24

To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy….

 

Now it’s time to be totally honest.

Have you ever complained that while enduring trials in this life, you’ve felt like God’s abandoned you?

Maybe you’ve even thought that maybe God was away on an extended vacation.

You’re not alone.

 

The God who placed and named the stars in the sky, is God all the time.

The same God who knit you together in your mother’s womb, has never had a vacation.

The God who filled the seas with water, and the God who raised the mountains high, is still calling all of the shots.

Whether you believe that or not, doesn’t really matter.

 

He is our King—He is our Savior—and He cares way too much, to ever leave us hanging.

He’s the same God who brought us up and out, from the depths of sin itself.

 

The Bible says that we have been placed in the very hand of God, when we have confessed our sins, and repented of our personal darkness.

We can’t climb into His hand on our own—and I’m pretty sure His love for us, will always keep us close by.

 

He’s the One who keeps us from falling—and He presents us without fault.

What other God can do that? None that I know of.

 

That should bring about great and abundant joy……