Salvation for Eternity, Strength for Today

“The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord;
he is their stronghold in time of trouble.”
Psalm 37:39

My salvation comes from God. We know God is strong enough and powerful enough – and loving enough – to provide for our eternal salvation. That’s pretty much Christianity 101.  We know that.  We believe that.  We are grateful that our fate for eternity is sealed because of our identity in Christ.

But He is also more than enough to tend to the trouble that comes my way in the day-to-day trials between now and the arrival of eternity.  If I trust Him with eternity…what do I have such a hard time trusting Him with today? If He’s got eternity covered, He can surely handle Tuesday. 

Do I somehow begin to lapse into thinking that eternity is a big deal and Tuesday is not?  Can I believe God may have plans for me today that have eternal significance? What if I began to see each conversation, decision, each opportunity in light of not only its significance for Tuesday…but for eternity?

Perhaps I’ve lapsed into thinking God is so busy keeping the earth spinning on its axis, answering prayers for stage 4 cancer patients, and intervening in marriages a breath away from divorce…that I really shouldn’t bother Him with my Tuesday list.  But this logic seems to minimize God’s very nature. He is all powerful and is unlimited in resources.  Unlike an earthly parent who is forced to allocate time and resources, God’s nature has no limits.  My view of God needs to be bigger.

I have trusted Him with the most important decision of all:  my destiny for eternity.  Well, then, why do I have such a hard time leaning on Him for today’s challenges? I can almost hear my heavenly Father saying, “Laura, I’ve got this.”  And I believe that.  I truly do…but why do my actions say otherwise?

Believing that God can – speaks to my faith in His POWER.
Believing that God will—speaks to my faith in His LOVE.
The power of God coupled with the love of God lets me go through Tuesday (and Wednesday …Thursday …Friday ….) with the confident faith that God not only has taken care of me for eternity, but for the trouble that comes in the meantime.

I know He does.  I believe He can.  Do I walk in confident faith that He will?

My salvation came by an act of faith—a snapshot in time.
“Faithing” is my daily choice to continue to walk with Him daily, trusting Him to provide.  That’s the living video, the evidence of a changed life. My daily “faithing” proves the reality of my salvation.

Jesus, thank you for my salvation. Thank you for being my stronghold for today’s troubles. I choose…again…to trust you for then…and trust you for now.