Resting in His Divine ability to deliver

 

Jude 24-25

“Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.”   This is referred to as the doxology, it is more than a hymn, or prayer, it is worship and praise to God.  It is also called Jude’s benediction, his prayer asking God’s blessing, on all who read and apply these teachings.

My life is often lived in an “if only” cycle, if only I had believed, if only I had acted on the knowledge, if only my faith had been centered on a big God who loves me; do you identify with the “if only” life?  Jesus was never an “if only” person, because He was God in the flesh, but He was and is a “whatever” yes and that is what Jude is praying for us, that we also would be “whatever people” whatever the Father asks, our answer should be yes.

In the 17th chapter of the gospel of John we have the High Priestly prayer, it is Jesus talking to His Father about us, and the us refers to all who are in Christ, it does not refer to being a moral person, or having your name on some church roll, or even feeding the poor and taking care of widows and orphans, the us is a relationship with Jesus Christ and the Father.  Listen, pay close attention to what our Lord is asking of His Father in these verses; “All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.  And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you.  Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.” (John 17:10-11)  We are all made by God, but verse 9, is clear that all are not children of God the Father.

Once we come under the “All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.”  We can rest in His Divine ability to deliver, Daniel 3:17, to raise up a stone and make it into a child of His, Luke 3:8, to fulfill all His promises; Romans 4:21, to make His grace abound, 2 Corinthians 9:8, to do more than we ask of Him, Ephesians 3:20, to subdue all things to His will, Philippians 3:21, to guard your soul, 2 Timothy 1:12, to save completely, Hebrews 7:25, and to keep us from falling, Jude 24-25, “Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.”

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice