The Keeping Power of God
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1 John 5:5-12
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Peter 1:5 – KJV)
The Christian way is a supernatural undertaking from start to finish. No-one can hope to follow it in his own strength. If anyone is going to stay in the way of righteousness, they have to rely on something more than human strength. What is impossible with men is possible with God. God has made a way. Let us consider:
- The Power of His Keeping
Who are kept by the power of God…”
No greater power exists, so no other power can shake us loose from His Way. Relying on our own strength is a sure prescription for failure. Depending on God’s power to keep us is a guarantee of victory against the world, the flesh, and the devil.
- The Path of His Keeping
…through faith…
God keeps us through faith. It is God’s way. It is the only way.
Faith is the victory that overcomes the world. Faith in God, and in the redemption Christ purchased for us on the cross of Calvary, is the pipe-line that connects us to all the riches of God’s Grace. The power of God’s keeping works through faith. Unbelief is the only thing preventing us from experiencing the mighty works of God. Jesus Himself could do no mighty works in the place where there was unbelief.
- The Purpose of His Keeping
“…unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”
God is keeping us so He can reveal the full extent of His salvation once we have passed victoriously through this old world of sin and rebellion. When He has taken us through, He will be able to show us, and the universe at large, just how great the salvation is that He has obtained for us.
While we trust God’s keeping power, there is no need for us to falter or fall from the Way. His hand will guide us, and His Hand will hold us.
A Thousand Times
© Monday 3rd September, 2012 by Christopher Shennan
A thousand times I’ve fallen;
A thousand times knocked out –
A thousand times regretted
The things I’ve thought about.
But,
A thousand times I’ve risen
By a strength that’s not my own;
A thousand times I’ve given
Praise to my God alone.
A thousand times the heat
Of battle seared my soul:
Hope waned, then rose,
When mercy…made it whole… again.
A thousand times the blood
Of Calvary came through
To overcome and vanquish
The enemy – ‘tis true.
God’s keeping power has always
Been there to bring me aid;
As I rest upon God’s promise,
I’ll never be afraid.
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