SOLID FOUNDATION

Is your future built on a solid foundation? A solid foundation that will never crumble or that can ever be torn down? Mine is..... and I love this old song, "My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness, I dare not trust the sweetest frame but wholly lean on Jesus' name. On Christ the solid Rock I stand, All other ground is sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand." The lyrics to this old hymn came to mind as I was reading in I Peter 1:3-4 (NIV) "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!  In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you."  WOW, this passage just seemed to pop out at me! Did you get it?...... "into an inheritance that can NEVER PERISH, SPOIL OR FADE", and I love how it declares that "this inheritance is kept in Heaven for me." Kept in safe-keeping..... Totally Awesome!!!

Our hope is built on nothing less, than Jesus Christ' and righteousness(right standing with God through Jesus Christ). "For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; It is the gift of God: Not by works, lest any man should boast."(Eph 2:8,9) Clearly not by our works so we could boast, but through faith in the works of Jesus, Who met each requirement set by God and conquered them all to assure us that our sin debt is Paid In Full; nothing lacking; that's why from the cross He cried out, "It Is Finished!" He had fulfilled all that was needed for our redemption. 

I hear people talk of loved ones who passed and how they 'hope they made it in' and they talk about how 'good they were' and 'all the works they did for His kingdom'; and it seems they just can't comprehend the truth that it is not by our works that we make it in; but by belief and faith in "Jesus and His works completed for us", that we make it in. We are fully covered under His blood and His righteousness when we repent and accept Him as our Lord and Savior. ALL our sin debt is washed away, as God told us in Isaiah 43:25, "I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more."

I ask you this, dear friend, Have you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior? Is your sin debt paid in full? I pray you will not let another minute pass you by without accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior. We can never measure up to what would be worthy; nor would all our good deeds ever be deemed worthy enough; that's why Jesus came and gave His life as a ransom for anyone who would believe upon Him and the works He has done..... and only through Jesus can anyone be redeemed through His Holy blood. Our sins washed away, past, present, and future; and through Jesus Christ we stand redeemed before God Almighty; covered by the blood of the Lamb, Jesus!!! Old things passed away, and all things become new. 

If you are not sure of your salvation or if doubts have clogged your thinking and made you feel inadequate for God's love; remember that it is not by our works, but by His Amazing Grace, that He has already taken care of anything and everything needed to make us acceptable before God; so take a moment right now and ask Jesus into your heart. He is right there beside you waiting, with arms open wide, to accept you just the way you are.  He loves you with a love like none other; and His Love is Totally Unconditional. If you once accepted Him but have wandered out in the pathway of sin, and you feel there is no hope and He is no longer with you; remember it was you that moved away because He has promised to never leave you nor forsake you, no matter what. So stop doubting and place your hope on the solid foundation of Jesus Christ and enjoy an abundant life fully dependent upon Him and His Divine Love for you. He is the author and finisher of our faith! 

Be blessed, dear friends. God loves you and so do I~~~