In Case You Were Wondering

He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

Revelation 3:5 NASB

God knows us!  Plain and simple......God knows us.  He knew us before we were born.  He knows our thoughts before we think them, our words before we say them and our hearts better than we can understand ourselves.  His omnisience makes it possible for Him to rule over all creation, make all things fall into place for the good of His people, and fill the book of life with the names of all those who will join Him in heaven for eternity.  We can try and do a lot of things to get our name placed there, but all it really takes is a genuine heart after God and belief that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior.  It's our desire to love and serve God that will carry on and act out our belief in faith, but those good things we do........they don't matter if our heart isn't real and they won't keep our names in that book.  God knows us and if we are sincere then our names are there and secure.  Written in permanent ink that can never be washed away.  When He wrote our names down He knew our future and everything about us.  He knew what was coming, the good we would perform, and the sins we would fall into but most importantly He knew our hearts.  God decided whose names would be written and He doesn't change His mind.  You cannot lose your spot in heaven!  You cannot ever fall too far away, unless that is, you were never truly His to begin with.  And how do you truly know?  If Jesus is your savior and if you believe He died and arose to take away your sin then you accept His sacrifice and believe you are saved.  Some will fall away, but true followers will always return.  We won't be perfect in our walk but our faith will never fail us.  As long as we have faith we are free and we are His for eternity!

I celebrate the day I will hear my name confessed to God.  Thank you for saving me Jesus!  Thank you for suffering for my freedom and eternity in heaven!  My name is secure, permanently fixed in the book of life, and for that I will share the Good News with everyone who needs to hear!  

Amen and Amen