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Certainty of Faith
It's important to put your faith in something that has the strength to carry you through the difficulties of life. The one place you should put your faith is in Jesus. He lived for you, died in your place, and rose again to prove your sins are forgiven.
Revelation 7:10
[This devotion references Pastor Mayer’s previous devotion titled I Really Believe This.]
Last time we were together, we were talking about the certainty of faith. I use that picture of finding the two by four beam in your wall. God wants us to know that we are anchoring our faith in the right place. And why that’s important is because if we don’t hit that beam, if we don’t hit the solid ground of faith. What happens is the moment we have to trust that screw or that nail and actually hang any kind of weight on it. Well, you probably know what happens. It pulls right out of the wall. It crumbles away. It doesn’t have the strength to hold us up.
As Christians, we can know all sorts of important things about God. We can trust that Jesus is alive from the dead, that he’s your risen Savior. But honestly, it’s so easy for us to anchor our faith in all the wrong places. It’s so easy for us to put our faith in our family and friends and loved ones. We tell ourselves if we’re to surround ourselves with enough loved ones, then they can carry us through anything. We put the faith in ourselves, our own strength, our own ability to carry the weight of the world on our shoulders. We tell ourselves we can problem solve through anything. Maybe we trust in money. If I could just make enough. If I could just make enough, then I could finally be happy.
Well, as you know, none of these things really have the strength to carry us through. Loved ones die. I get crushed with anxiety, the more I try to carry the weight of the world on my shoulders. And doesn’t matter how much money we have. You can never buy happiness. You can never buy fulfillment.
When there’s so much in life that’s uncertain. The apostle John takes us behind the wall. He gives us a glimpse of something today in Revelation chapter seven, verse nine, he talks about seeing all the hosts in heaven. All those that have gone into heaven before you and before me, who are wearing white and holding palm branches in their hands. Who do you see there? Whose face do you know, that’s there?
And what’s really neat is, as John witnesses this, he describes their song of victory. They all shout out together,
Salvation comes from our God, who sits on the throne, and from the Lamb. (Revelation 7:10 EHV)
What are they saying? Well, they’re telling you the one place, the one place where they anchored their faith was in Jesus. They trusted in him. They trusted in his life, his death. His resurrection. That Jesus could carry the weight of the world, and he carried that when he hung on the cross, and they hung their sins on Jesus. And Jesus didn’t disappoint them. They’re there in victory now. And even today they’re calling out to you, encouraging you, place your faith in Jesus. He’ll carry you through. Amen.
