Blessed Assurance

1 John 5:13

“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.“

There are lots of things that bring doubt into our lives. The devil loves to stir up doubt. Along with deception, it’s his favorite weapon to use against believers. After all, doubt worked in the garden. Satan got Eve to doubt what God had said, and using that doubt it was easy to deceive her into disobeying God’s commands. In our lives, Satan uses doubt in all kinds of ways to move us into deception, but God has given us a weapon.

The Word of God is the Sword of the Spirit. It is our offensive weapon to use against the attacks of Satan. When we establish our life in the Word of God, we can not be shaken. When doubt comes, we answer back with what God says about the situation. No matter how we feel, we know that God’s Word is Truth.

John tells us that he wrote all these things so that we may know. Scripture isn’t just nice thoughts. It doesn’t offer us just good teaching to guide our lives. Scripture exists so that we may know. When we allow the Word of God to penetrate our hearts and to become a part of us, we can know with assurance the will of God, our purpose in life, and our assurance of eternal life because of Christ’s death and resurrection on our behalf. That’s why meditating on the Word of God is so essential. It gives us assurance of our identity in Christ, of God’s character and will, and of our inheritance as His children.

Father, I thank you that you have given me your written Word so that I can KNOW that I have eternal life through Jesus Christ. I thank you that it doesn’t matter how I feel in the moment. I can have assurance because your word is True! I will meditate on your word. I will hide it in my heart. I will use it as a sword against the attacks of doubt that the enemy sends my way. It is a firm foundation and can never be shaken. I do not have to wonder. I do not have to guess. Thank you that I can KNOW by standing on your word. In Jesus’ name, Amen.