Proverbs 8:21, A Possession Guaranteed!
March 28, Proverbs 8:21
Rom. 8:38-39 “In whom we have obtained the earnest (guarantee) of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession” (Eph. 1:11, 14).
A Possession Guaranteed!
- The Incarnate Deity: This quest always achieves its desired goal, which is not so for the philosopher (1 Cor. 1:21), the merchant (Mt. 13:45-46), or the pleasure-seeker (2 Pt. 2:13). Many who have followed their star have found it to be a black hole of failed hopes. Christ is the Incarnation of the seeking love of God. No one ever sought God in vain. Man, found by God, wants to know yet more of Him (Phil. 3:8-11). We are only true to ourselves when we know God and are known of Him (Acts 17:28). All good for time and eternity is in one Person, for God is the One who meets all our deepest needs.
a. It is Sweeter! This Prize is the only one that gets sweeter the older it grows. Possessing robs many things of their pleasure after a while, but not this. We may often grow weary in the work, but never grow weary of the work. Why? Because constrained by love (2 Cor. 5:14). If we truly know Christ, how could we keep from loving Him who so loved us? He serves the good wine, which brings true and eternal blessedness, last!
Everyday with Jesus, is sweeter than the day before;
Everyday with Jesus, I love him more and more.
Jesus saves and keeps me, and He’s the One that I adore;
Everyday with Jesus, is sweeter than the day before.
b. It is Safer! This Prize is the only one that cannot be taken from us. All that is outside the soul can be taken away. Child of God, you can quench and grieve the Spirit, and withdraw yourself from God, but if you are truly His, your returning and repentance prove that He has not changed toward you. He will rebuke and chasten you; He may even scourge and try you; but He never disowns His own.
Safely, safely gathered in;
Free from sorrow, free from sin,
Passed beyond all grieve and pain;
Death for thee is truest gain.
c. It is Surer! This Prize is the only one from which we cannot be deprived. Scripture affirms that nothing can separate the true believer from God’s love. Psalm 49 tells us what happens to men with the multitude of their riches (v.6), their folly, their death (vs.13-15), but God redeems His own and leads them into eternal joys of His Presence.
We have an anchor that keeps the soul
Steadfast and sure while the billows roll;
Fastened to the Rock which cannot move;
Grounded firm and deep in the Saviour’s love!
Thought: “Union with Christ entitles to all that is his” (Elisha Coles).
Prayer: Lord, help me to know Thee better that I may love Thee more.