2 Timothy 1:12, where it says, "For the which cause I also suffer these things. Nevertheless, I am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed it And I'm persuaded that he is able to keep that which I've committed unto him against that day."
There was a pastor that said he had a grandma that was mighty in the word she had memorized chapters and chapters of the Word of God. As time went on, she developed dementia, probably we would call it Alzheimers today, and she started slipping in her ability to remember really anything or anyone. And even the chapters of the Bible begin to slip away. But this verse was one that stayed with her for longer than any other verse. Eventually she got where she could only remember the latter part of it says, "For I know whom I have believed and am persuaded the that he is able to keep that which I've committed unto him against that day". Then she even forgot more as time went on. And she kept saying, "have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I've committed unto him against that day". And then she just kept remembering... "unto him against that day," until finally, the only thing that she could remember at the end of her life before she passed on to be with Jesus was "him." She kept repeating that, him, him, him, her life was all about Jesus and the last thing that she could remember, and the only thing that she could remember was Jesus.
Whenever you come to the end of yourself and the end of everything that you know, always remember him. Whenever the waves are over your head, always remember that those waves are under his feet because he can walk on water. When the circumstances are out of your control. Remember that he holds the stars in the palm of his hand, and he's got this. When things are worrying you and distressing, you understand that you've got a God that stays up all night long and he takes the nightwatch so that you can lay down and sleep at night and rest because he gives it his beloved sleep. When you feel all alone because everybody in the world has left you and has betrayed you. They've done their own thing at your expense. Remember that Jesus Christ died on the cross to cover your expense. He died on the cross for your sins. Then he offers you the gift of eternal life as a result of his death on the cross.
We serve a wet water walking, blind man healing, never dying, sanctifying, prayer hearing, spirit filling, sky splitting, soon coming, King, and we need to never forget him. He's done everything for you. What are you willing to do for him today? Can you remember him? I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I've committed onto him against that day.
Let's pray.
Dear Lord God, I thank you for this day. I pray that you would be with these under the sound of my voice I I thank you for them and I thank you for their love for you. I pray that they would never allow that to fade and never allow their focus to get off of you, never allow their memory of you to fade. Let us learn, "For this. We have Jesus" for the trials of life. We have Jesus for the good times in life we have Jesus. Help us to remember him and all that we do. Thank you for your goodness to us God in Jesus name, amen. God bless you have a great night.
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