I remember pedaling down our street and my daddy holding onto my bike seat. The training wheels had come off, and here we were, working together to take it to the next level.

Now, I can’t tell you if I was hollering, “Daddy, let go!” or, “Daddy, don’t let go!” I only know my daddy was right there, running and giving all the encouragement he had to send me out into the world of childhood biking. I worked with him, wondering whether the bike would keep rolling or whether I and the bike would end up sprawled on the asphalt.

Later, I would make more memories of careening down hills without holding the handlebars, embracing my play life on wheels. My daddy knew those days would come, but I didn’t. Perhaps he thought, ” I don’t want to let go of my sweet girl.” Who knows? But to this day, it is a vivid memory of growth, faith, and dependence on my dad.

Now, while that is a sweet memory of my dad holding on to me, his power was limited. He couldn’t hold me forever. He had to release me, and I had to have faith that I would stay up on those wheels. My faith was in my dad and my ability. Both were limited. 

But there is nothing limited when you become a child of God.

God.

Omnipotent. Inexhaustible. Omnipresent. Inscrutable. Omniscient. God.

His unlimited power holds you. He will not let you go, not one time. As a fact, He can’t. It is not in His nature to be faithless. (2 Timothy 2:13) . When you ask Jesus to save you, He saves you and keeps you. It is His responsibility to hold you forever. He will not let you go. You can rest in His powerful work in your life at the point of salvation. The triune God, the Maker of heaven and earth, is faithful and will never let you out of His hand(John 10:27-29). You can know He lives inside you forever if you’ve asked Him to.

Additionally, you don’t continue asking Him to save you. He is God, and He is able to keep you (Jude 24). You don’t contribute to your salvation. You received Him by faith (Ephesians 2:8-9), and there’s no work you can do to keep Him. He is keeping you. He did the work on the cross, and if you are His child because you have decided to be, then He is keeping you now.

ARE YOU IN A SEASON OF DOUBT?

If in a season of doubt, take some time and write the verses listed below, and repeat them, memorize them, and pray them back to God with confidence and thanksgiving. Peace in the person of Christ, the One who saved you will return.

Doubt is the opposite of faith. Find comfort that your doubt can serve as a confirmation of your faith. The unsaved or lost people don’t doubt. Although doubt is unpleasant and scary, it likely means you know the Lord. It is a faith journey. It is an invitation to quit trusting in yourself for salvation but to throw yourself on God’s truth and mercy.

One side issue: If you are in a season of disobedience, doubt may come. As you mature in Christ, your sinful behavior won’t trigger you to question your salvation. You will learn to trust Him. You will remember your salvation does not depend on you. You will discover your salvation is in what Jesus did on the cross. But if you know you are walking out of step with the Spirit, you have the power to change that, and you should. We are not aware of every sin we commit. But we can correct willful disobedience by making responsible choices again. Confess your sin immediately, and walk in obedience again (I John 1:9).

Be sure you have time with God daily, preferably in the morning. Time alone with God to confess your sin, read His Word, talk to Him, reflect on who He is, find solutions to your problems and more is the most important time of your day.

So, whether you are a new Christian or one in a season of doubt, or you’ve been a Christian for decades, here is a list of verses you can put your hope in, memorize, write down, pass on, or hand out to your Sunday school class, small group, or someone you are working with.

• I John 5:11-13 – And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
• John 1:12 – Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in His Name, He gave the right to become children of God –
• John 10:27-29 – Jesus answered, ” My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
• Jude 24 – To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without finding fault and with great joy.”
• Romans 8:38&39 “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

*If your thoughts are not doubts but conviction and an invitation by the Holy Spirit to accept Jesus by faith, then read the link below for more information.*

Are You On Your Way to Heaven?

©Valerie Rumfelt