ETERNAL SECURITY
"Can
a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion
on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget
thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands; thy
walls are continually before Me" (Isaiah
49:15-16). This is a revelation of the Lord’s everlasting
concern for and faithfulness to His people; here is our eternal
security. How delightful to meditate upon our Lord’s unceasing care
and concern for His children. If we could by faith behold the Lord’s
unending designs of grace toward us, then like Paul we would be
joyful in the Lord even in the midst of dark trials. We would lean
upon His word of promise, "I will never leave thee, nor
forsake thee" (Hebrews
13:5). Pay special attention to those words, "I
have graven thee upon the palms of My hands." Our
names are not painted on His hands lest we might think they could be
rubbed out. Neither are our names said to be written on His hands
lest we conclude they might fade away with time. O what delightful
and lasting words - "I have graven thee upon the palms of
My hands." There is a blessed permanency to that
statement!
"I have graven thee upon the palms
of My hands." Does this not remind you of the Savior’s
hands, stretched out and pierced upon the cross to redeem us from the
curse of the law? Those scars are lasting reminders of His covenant
love and death which satisfied divine justice, put away sins and
brought in everlasting righteousness for all of His people. Child of
God, look by faith upon those blessed hands and see them "wounded
for our transgressions" and be reminded of the
impossibility of being forgotten by our gracious Lord. All of the
blessings ordained for us before the world began are ours through the
dear Savior Who gave His life a ransom for our sins. In Christ there
is everlasting security. "My sheep hear My voice and I
know them and they follow Me. And I give unto them eternal life; and
they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My
hand. My Father, which gave them Me, is greater than all; and no man
is able to pluck them out of My Father’s hand" (John
10:27-29).
-preacher Jim Byrd
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