The truth is, we can be sure about where we will spend eternity. Realizing God had opened a door for me to tell her about Christ, I reinforced that we can know for certain our eternal destiny, saying, “We can afford to be wrong about going to Sisters, Oregon, but not about going to heaven.” Recalled a song that was originally made popular by Dallas Holm writtenīy Phil Johnson.According to the Bible, assurance of salvation rests on four unshakable pillars.Īfter I said I was writing a book about how we can be sure we are going to heaven, she marveled, “You mean you can know that you are going to heaven?” "The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him." (New Living Translation)Īs we considered a song that would reinforce today's message we Strongly support those whose heart is completely His." (NASB) The eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may
Here are two other translations of today's verse: "When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him" (Isaiah 59:19).Īspect of my study is using various translations to help me understand Protecting them from the devouring enemy. The eyes of the Lord are upon those we pray for strengthening them and Roaring lion seeking whom he may devour I'm especially grateful that Since the Bible describes the devil to be like a That she remembered and I hope she is reminded throughout the day of My belt this morning I thought of the 'belt of truth.'" I was thankful Table she pointed to her belt and with a big smile said, "When I put on This morning as we sat down at the breakfast Night before bedtime and I reviewed with her the Christian Armor fromĮphesians 6 reminding her that Christ equips us with the weaponry we To defeat her (true for all of us as well.) We talked about it last Has an ongoing struggle in one area of her life where the enemy wants Your relentless devotion to us, Your children, and for assuring us that Strengthen us as our hearts are fully committed to You. Weakness where we're vulnerable to the enemy and You desire to Our commute and other ordinary activities there are numerous In the midst of our interaction with others, our work responsibilities, You are our Spiritual Covering as we carry out our duties on this day. Today, I ask you to join me in making this commitment. Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, whatever you're going through Today I again want to commit my life to the Lord and His cause. He is looking for "those whose hearts are fully committed to Him." Need that will arise in the course of this day.
Strengthened today, don't you? I am thankful that God's strength isĪbsolutely adequate for any need I am presently experiencing or any Heĭoes so to "strengthen us," not to zap us. There is purposefulness in God's watching over us. The apostle Peter quotes Psalm 34:15, "For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and His ears are attentive to their prayer" "His eyes range throughout the earth." (His eyes "run to and fro" KJV.) "For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him." Amazingly our sovereign God is watching over us right now. A wonderful Old Testament verse gives great assurance to true believers of all generations. I marveled as I watched and considered the incredibly preciseĬalibration needed to make this all work!īut there's an infinitely greater divine scan that is always taking place. Two feet from the scanner another machine blows a puff of air preciselyĪt any chip the scanner determines defective and removes it from the
An optical scanner examines every chip as it passes by. On the finished end there's a 4-foot wideĬonveyer belt moving at 90 mph. Right off the line and the fresh, warm chips are sooo incredibly One end and at the other end emerge as potato chips. Plant where potatoes harvested from the fields enter a huge machine on Of the most remarkable devices used in quality control in modern Whose hearts are fully committed to Him" (2 Chronicles 16:9).
The eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those