Lately, I’ve been reading posts from people about how uncertain their lives have become due to the onslaught of the Covid19 virus. People are uncertain about their jobs, their future, their health and the health of others; they are uncertain about the things they’ve been hearing from leaders, social media, news outlets and even their neighbors – they are uncertain if they’ll have enough food and supplies to weather this pandemic, unclear as to how long it will last and just as unclear of what to expect once its over.
Prior to the current pandemic most of us had a confidence about tomorrow using a kind of emotional barometer which led us to believe that because we had a job today we’d have it tomorrow or because we or a loved one was alive and well today we or they would be alive tomorrow; but does ANYBODY really KNOW what tomorrow holds?
There is One who does – Almighty God knows the end from the beginning:
“Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,And I will do all My pleasure…” (Isaiah 46:9–10)
The God who knows the number of hairs on your head (Luke 12:7) hold tomorrow in the palm of His hand (Psalm 139:16, James 4:13) and commands the rising and setting of the sun (Job 9:4-8). Our God and His Son Jesus Christ are the SAME yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). In a world of uncertainty, He is a constant that you can turn to and count on! He said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.” (Matthew 24:35) His presence is a constant in our lives during seasons of crisis and during seasons of calm (Psalm 46:1; Hebrews 13:5). The words He spoke and the promises He’s made are all “yes and amen” (2 Corinthians 1:20) – they are guaranteed! (see Romans 15:8-12)
Frankly, before we believed in Jesus Christ, Almighty God was as He has been – He never changes (Malachi 3:6, James 1:17). But, prior to our faith in Jesus Christ we only knew one thing – that one day each of us would cease to be. We didn’t know when or how but we knew that everyone eventually breathes his or her last. When we came to trust in the Lord (assuming you have) we gained access to a whole host of otherwise inaccessible constants or “sure things” – things which can give you peace amid the uncertainty.
I would like to remind those who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ of some constants that we CAN cling to in these uncertain days:
- God is in control:
“But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.” (Psalm 115:3)
“A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps.” (Proverbs 16:9)
“There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.” (Proverbs 19:21)
“(His Son), who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,” (Hebrews 1:2-3)
- God will not and has not forsaken us: “Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you,Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’” (Isaiah 41:10)
- Jesus who died for our sins and rose from the dead will return again for us before He judges the world:
““Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” (John 14:1–3)
“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.” (1 Thessalonians 4:16–17)
“For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.” (1 Thessalonians 1:9–10)
- Through faith in Jesus Christ, death – whenever that may be – DOES NOT HAVE THE LAST WORD in our lives: “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.” (John 11:25)
- God’s promises (as we’ve already said) like His person and character NEVER change or fail.
A time may come in the future, when we might be caught off-guard and taken by surprise (as many were this time) by a crisis of some kind and as a result, lose sight of the constancy of Christ and His promises but that does not and can not change the FACT that He IS an unfailing, eternal God who has made and eternal promise to those who believe in Him!
So sinner and saint alike – believer and unbeliever alike:
“Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face; and the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace.“
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