Amen indeed it does and gives ALL the glory to God!
Having that assurance is having that "helmet of salvation" on tightly,protecting the "sound mind" that God gives us instead of that "spirit of fear".
He is risen! T.H.E. E.N.D.
God bless you both for the posts eagleone and metmom.
It’s also a control issue.
We think we can do a better job than anyone else at anything, and do not relinquish control very readily.
But really, who better to surrender control to? Do we really think that we can do a better job of assuring a place in heaven for ourselves than God?
And really, it’s a matter of trust. Those who won’t surrender control to God, who knows the beginning from the end, and is omnipotent and omnipresent, don’t really trust God to do what He says, or they wouldn’t be trying so hard to do it themselves.
But who better to trust? The omniscience, omnipresent, omnipotent Creator of the universe, who is love personified, or me who can’t control myself much less the guy next to me and don’t know what the weather is going to be like tomorrow morning?
So it gets down to either lack of trust, or simply not believing that God is going to do what He promised.
My salvation is secure, not because of anything I have done, but because of the trustworthiness of the One who promised that I am secure. He remains faithful, even if (when) I am faithless.