Certain Faith for Uncertain Times

I heard it in church again today. Know who I am in Christ. Ugh! I've heard it a thousand times, from a hundred pulpits! Why again? Because it's the single most important "truth" I can know. IN Christ. If I am IN Christ, nothing can ever defeat me, not today, not tomorrow... not ever! My health can fail me, the comforts of life can be taken away, I can lose those I love, but God in Christ (who is love) can never, ever fail me! I'm sure I will hear it a thousand more times, and I need to. It's in the Gospel message... it's freedom in the hope of a victorious life apart from despair, hopelessness, broken relationships, drugs, alcohol, wayward children, and every other thing that tries to pull me away from God and take his place... knowing who I am in Christ