Beyond all Doubt

In 1 John 5:13-21, John gives us the hope that many people are looking for in their lives. That hope is not a hope in the sense of "I hope I get what I want for Christmas", but rather the hope that a person lost for days hiking in the wilderness must have when he sees the rescue party come over the horizon. It is at that point that the lost person know they are going to make it - that everything is going to be ok.

Well John tells us that the whole reason that he wrote this letter was so that we may KNOW that we have eternal life. What that means for us is that no matter how much it hurts, no matter how hard it is to keep on going - we can know for sure that one day, we will enter into the presence of the King and He will look at us and say "Well done, good and faithful servant - enter into Joy today".

What a promise - what a hope - what a purpose that gives us to keep on keeping on. Praise the Lord - HE IS GOOD.

By the way - in case you were wondering - yes, I posted this on the 19th - because I kept meaning to get to it on the 18th, but never did. Sorry about that.