Promise 4: Secure Future

  1. Secure Future

Psalm 1. 6

The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous.

Alternate translation: Yahweh shall safekeep the assembly of the just.

As a conditional promise: if you are righteous, then the Lord knows your way (or, He will safekeep you). This can also be received as an unconditional promise, because it is God the Lord Himself alone who has placed us in that assembly of the just by declaring us righteous on account of Christ. The “if” part is valid. By grace God has given us His Righteousness; therefore, we are just and so legally belong in that assembly. Jesus Christ met the condition in our place. The Holy Spirit seals in him the unconditional guarantee of safekeeping for the just one. His promise is to keep us in that condition while we live on earth amid the dangers and temptations from Sin and Satan. Of course, we are free to reject the Holy Spirit if we become so deceived, but His side of the “knowing and keeping” is an unconditional guarantee. The just ones bask in this blessed assurance every day of the new life in Christ. Just as God knows them in the closest of relationships, so the righteous ones know where they belong. They possess the land and wrest it from the Enemy.

God has a perfect understanding of the real character of his people; He knows them. He knows who has a heart for God. The “made-righteous” person has confidence that he will stand in the judgment; this judgment-day confidence strengthens him for his standing every day in the presence of God during this life. God is on the side of the righteous, “and if God be for us, who can be against us?”

What do I do? First, make certain that you are one of the righteous, be simply believing in Jesus Christ. Second, believe the promise guaranteed by the Father that He knows your way: he knows where you’ve been, what you have done, and how you have strayed from the way; He knows where you are right now, what you are thinking, why you are thinking it, and what you are feeling; He knows where you are going, He has a purpose in mind for you, and He knows the way to get you to your God-designed destiny. Trust Him to take control of your life, your way, your plans, your hopes and dreams. He may dash some of your dreams and fill you with others, but if you unreservedly give all of yourself to Him He knows what to do with you because He knows you. Jesus Christ is in your future; He is your future.