December 12 – Sustainable Fellowship

“[He] will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”  - 1 Corinthians 1:8–9  (ESV)

Do we struggle with our inability to live the way Christ has called us?  We know what we are called to do or not do but we fail, so how does that affect us?  There is much that we could say but today we look at one promise in this passage. We are called by God to live according to His will.  When we fail, we confess and God forgives again and again.  But the promise here is that our faith and our position in our Lord Jesus Christ is sustained by Him and will continue to be sustained throughout our lives right up to the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.  That is the day that Jesus comes for His church.  We can trust this promise because God is faithful and He has called us into this union which cannot be broken and from which we cannot be separated. God is the one who sustains us in our fellowship with Him. That is something to think  about today, isn't it?

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May 30 – Sustaining To The Very End

“who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 1:8 (ESV)

We often come here to be reminded that our God is actively involved in the lives of His children – us who believe and have received Jesus Christ as our Savior by faith. Today's verse is one such reminder and it is a promise from God's Word. This promise was not only for Christians living in Corinth almost 2000 years ago. It is for all Christians living today. If you are a believer in Jesus it is for you today and it is for you as long as your are living here on this earth.  God is active in our lives in preparation for our time in eternity. Our verse reminds us that He is strengthening us every day to keep us strong to the end of our lives here. His purpose is to prepare us for the time we will be with Him in eternity. He wants to purify us so that we will be blameless when our life on earth is over. It is His doing, not ours, and we are called to have faith, believing the promises He has given to us. Let's rejoice that we do not have to face the hours, days, and years ahead alone, God is with us and He will sustain us to the end.