Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
OK, I gave away the answer to yesterday’s question right there in the title. The simple matter is that if assurance was enough there would be no word reassurance. There is something within the experience of being human that causes us to need reassurance. Perhaps it is the relentless attacks of the enemy that causes that.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage (admonish, exhort) one another and edify (strengthen and build up) one another, just as you are doing. (AMP)
These are forms of reassurance. “You’re doing good, keep it up.” Exhortation is the most commonly used reassurance, but even admonishment is reassurance. “What you said is true but maybe you could deliver that with a little grace seasoning.” Yet the topic yesterday was more about reassurances found in scripture, revealed to you thru the Spirit. Think of it in these terms.
I know my wife loves me, but I still like to hear her say it. My wife does things to show me she loves me, but every now and then she does something unexpected, something special and intimate, just for me that makes me feel so special. Those little treasures hidden in scriptures that God reveals to you are those moments when God is being personally intimate with you. It is your moment and it belongs to no one else but you.
Sadly most Christians do not seek those hidden things. Either they have not discovered that moment because they have not looked, or no one has ever revealed that character of God to them before. I am telling you now, this is how God loves us. You can no longer say you do not know.
Will you go to His Word with a lover’s heart? Will you seek the intimacy which God wants to share with you? Do you wish to be reassured that God really loves you?
This is one of your best ever, in my humble opinion.
I love the connection between these last two posts. You speak of “hidden treasure” and I would like to encourage all the readers of this wonderful blogsite to seek out the “hidden treasures” for themselves. I had a friend years ago in Des Moines that was a great encouragement to me spiritually. We had a 30 minute break between Sunday school and Worship meeting, and Ron Reeves would say, “Ron, let’s go for a walk.” In that 30 minutes he would share a “nugget”……”hidden treasure” with me that he had gleaned from the Scriptures. As an encouragement to your readers, l would like to share a “hidden treasure” that I have enjoyed. In Revelation 2 verse 17, the over-comers we’re told, “to him that overcomes……and a white stone, and in that stone a new name written which no one knows but the giver and receiver (paraphrased). This is precious to me to realize that the Lord Jesus and I have something special that He will give me a new name, that I believe, will reveal a special appreciation He has for me and no one else will know what that is. Do you dear readers have a “special connection with Jesus”? I would encourage you to enjoy one. Christianity is a relationship, not a religion.