Where’s today’s Psalm you might ask? – well today I am going to share something that I shared during communion this morning at church. We will be back to look at Psalm 9 tomorrow.
I want to start by asking you a question – How much does Jesus love you? Are you unsure whether he loves you or not? I have met many people that aren’t sure if Jesus loves them at all. Why?…because they aren’t good enough, they have done horrible things, they aren’t perfect, etc.
When Jesus said ‘come to me’, He didn’t say IF you are good enough, IF you are perfect. He didn’t add any IF statement to his invitation. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. That is it. No conditional statement. Come as you are and believe. That is the start of the journey. Which brings me to our verse in Hebrews.
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Hebrews 11:1 NLT
Did you see the word I highlighted above – CONFIDENCE – there is no room for any IF statements when you have confidence. It doesn’t say you can have hope IF…
When you have confidence in something you can stand tall and declare it to be true. So when I ask you how much Jesus loves you, you can stand with confidence and say Jesus loves me so much that he died for me. Nowhere in the Bible will you find a statement that says Jesus will love me IF I do this or that. And that my friends is something to hold onto.
Are you struggling with the idea that you can have confidence that you are saved? Do you wonder if you are ‘good enough’ to get into heaven? Does this idea of having enough faith to be confident sound like something you want to explore? If so, let me know. I would be happy to answer any questions you might have.
Scriptures from New Living Translation