A Devotional on "Blessed Assurance" from Tauna Meyer~

“Perfect submission, all is at rest, I in my Savior am happy and blessed…”

As the words passed over my lips during worship service, I thought about the woman in our group who recently lost her husband, the family who had been struggling with unemployment for so long, the friend whose life had been invaded by incurable disease.

Is this their story? Is this their song? Is it mine?

Yes, it is. And it’s your story, too!

It is the story of all those who are in Christ, born of the Spirit and washed in His blood. Not because of any great piousness or effort on our part, but because of His work in our lives — because of the reality of who God is and what He is doing in us.

I love singing Blessed Assurance. It is like climbing up the mountainside of our circumstances and of our trembling hearts and declaring reality over it all, banners flying and eyes raised up.

These words declare that

• We belong to God, purchased by the blood of Jesus
• Our assurance is in Him and the work of the cross
• Our peace and joy are in Christ, not in our circumstances
• The best is yet to come

We may not always perfectly submit. We may not always feel at rest, feel happy and blest, or be filled with perfect delight. But we have glimpses, don’t we? And those glimpses come most often when our hearts and minds are focused on the reality of who God is, and who we are in Christ. We experience His mercy and love in those moments.

Our salvation is through Christ alone and our sanctification is by the work of the Holy Spirit. But oh, what a sweet work it is! We are being transformed day by day into the likeness of Jesus, the One in whom we find the perfect example of submission, trust, contentment, and goodness.

Don’t just sing these words, friends. Belt them out with joy, knowing that the glimpses of goodness we enjoy as children of the Lord are but a foretaste of what is to come.

To God be all the glory.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.” - 1 Peter 1:3-9

Tauna is a busy blessed homeschooling mom of 6 in Oregon. She has a passion for teaching her children to know and love God and to serve others. She also provides encouragement and tools for her fellow domestically challenged homeschool moms at ProverbialHomemaker.com.