Newness of Life With Nothing To Lose.

  What have you got to lose?
  Today I found a CD that I lost a year ago.  It was in my truck, but I had searched there many times before, so it must have been freed from captivity somewhere along the way and finally slid into view. I do not like losing things, especially some great music by Fernando Ortega, but it happens.  It makes me think, though, about how, with all the stuff we accumulate, we can easily lose a thing or two.  I lost two mini Swiss Army knives in the very same place.  I used them for opening boxes while stocking the shelves of a store. I just put them down in the wrong place, and I am sure they found their way into someone else's hand or the bottom of the baler. Don't you hate it when you lose money?  Or a piece of valuable jewelry or your senses for a time or two?
  Chris Rice, in his song "Kids Again", sings that "we had so much more back when we had so much less to lose."
  As I think about all that may be lost materially, I cannot help but think also of what I cannot lose.
  This is why my thankfulness overflows to God.  He does not change His mind about our salvation.  Once we trust in His Son,  He says we are never lost again. 

  "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Romans 8:38-39

  "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand." - John 10:27-28

  "Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them."- Hebrews 7:25

  If you read that last verse again, notice the word uttermost. It carries the meaning of completely, perfectly, finally, and for all time and eternity, forever.  That is powerful truth to help you walk in newness of life, encouraged to keep on keeping on in the struggles and discouragements that beat against us.  Take heart and take courage knowing He is strong and mighty to save and sustain and satisfy.

   "This is a precious mercy.  Coming to Christ you do not come to the One who will treat you well for a little while and then send you about your business, but He will receive you ...and you shall be His forever." - Charles Spurgeon

"Once in Christ, in Christ forever,
Nothing from His love can sever." - Anonymous

  Newness of life is living to know Him more here as we wait for His glorious return.  He is our Living Hope.  Please let someone know today about the hope you have in Him.

A prayer:
  Father, you love me that much. You offer me the gift of eternal life through your Son, and then make sure that when I receive that gift, I will never be lost again. Thank you LORD!
  I praise you and pray in the name of the only one mighty enough to save - Jesus, Amen.