Kept For Safe Keeping

Come, sit, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in the comfort of the Lord:  "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice."  Ephesians  4:31

                                   "Who are kept by the power of God."  1 Peter 1:5

     A dying saint many years ago said during his last day on earth,  "I am just like a package which has been all prepared for shipment to its destination.  I am all packed, tied securely, labeled, postage paid, and standing on the platform, waiting for the express to come by and take me to my destination in Glory."  All this is contained in the words,  " . . . kept by the power of God . . . to be revealed in the last time."  It suggests our security in Christ.

     1.  The believer is all wrapped up in the beautiful wrappings of Christ  (2 Corinthians  5:21).
     2.  He is tied with cords of divine love  (Hosea  11:4).
     3.  He is plainly labeled with the seal of the Spirit,  "and the Lord knoweth them that are his"  (2 Timothy 2:19).
     4.  The postage is all paid by the precious blood of the Son of God, bought with a price  (1 Corinthians  6:20).
     5.  He is resting on the platform of God's wonderful grace  (Ephesians  2:8).
     6.  He is waiting for the express of His glorious coming  (Philippians  3:20, 21).
     7.  He is guarded all the way by angels of God  (Luke  16:22).
     8.  He is guaranteed a safe arrival  (John  10:28), registered (2 Timothy 2:19), special delivery  (Psalm  91:11 ,12), and insured  (Ephesians  4:30).

     "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is"  (1 John  3:2).

     Rejoice, O Christian!