A NAIL IN A SURE PLACE

Isaiah describes the Savior as “a nail in a sure place” (Is. 22:23). This clearly teaches us that all of salvation hangs upon the Lord Jesus Christ. God has hung all of the responsibility of salvation upon His Son. What good news that none of my salvation depends upon me, but all of my salvation hangs upon the person of Christ. God has hung all the glory of salvation upon His Son. There is no reason for any glory in my sinful flesh, but how I glory in the person of Christ and the finished work of Christ my Savior. (I Cor. 1:31). May God be pleased to grant faith that hangs all of salvation upon Christ.

Other refuge have I none,

Hangs my helpless soul on Thee;

Leave, ah! leave me not alone,

Still support and comfort me!

All my trust on Thee is stayed,

All my help from Thee I bring;

Cover my defenseless head

With the shadow of Thy wing.

If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me – “Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them” (Hebrews 7:25).

Robert Murray McCheyne

HOME SWEET HOME

2 Corinthians 5:8 "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."

The Greek word for "present" in our text literally means "to be at home." There is something in our nature that ties us body and soul to a place called home. The very word conjures up thoughts and feelings of comfort, security and love. A person who is homeless must be the most miserable of all creatures.

In religion, men speak of their "home" in heaven, and they get all misty eyed as they contemplate some austere mansion nestled luxuriously on some golden street. The true child of God has much higher standards. The home for which we long is no place, but a glorious Person, the Lord Jesus Christ, I say we long for Him, yet there is a very real and wonderful sense in which we dwell already in Him today and enjoy all the blessings of Home. “He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.” (John 6:56)

Home is a place of great comfort. Being at "peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:1) we find our Savior's arms a place-of quiet, sweet repose.

Home is a place of security. “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of MY life; of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1)

Home is a place of love... “and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)

When we say that we long for home, we are not interested in golden streets or gates of pearl, but our sights are set on Him who is Himself as the song says:

O God our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come.
Be Thou my guide while life, shall last,
And my eternal Home.

Thank God for Him who had not where to lay His head so that I might lay mine forever on His precious breast.

Pastor Chris Cunningham

It is not my love for God that gives me peace, but the assurance of his love for me. “There is no fear in love; but” God’s “perfect love casteth out fear” (1 John 4:18).