Saved and Safe

Devotional Reading: But because Jesus lives forever, his priesthood lasts forever. Hebrews 7:24 NLT

Most times I have often thought that part of the struggle for adopted children can be their inability to believe wether they are going to be in the family that adopted them partly or forever.

Some of us, when we imagine the future with God, we often have that struggle too in our subconscious. We are some times certain that we will exhaust God’s patience, and as a result, we miss out on the rest of what He has for us.

The reality, however, is that if you’ve been adopted into the family of God through the blood of Christ, your adoption is finalized. There are no reversals or relinquishments. The Father does not change His mind. But just in case you struggle to believe your salvation is permanent, He’s given us some words of certainty, the scriptures says, Jesus became your priest when God said to Him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: ‘You are a priest forever’” (Hebrews 7:21). It’s been decided: He is a forever priest with an indestructible life.

And again, we are told, “Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood” (Hebrews 7:23-24).
The word permanent occurs only once in the New Testament—and this is it. A first-century historian used the word to describe the consistency and reliability of the sun. This consistency and reliability is how we are to rely upon the salvation given to us by Jesus.

The father is saying to us, His adopted children: “You can count on Me. I promise. I guarantee your salvation through Jesus; it’s as reliable as the rising and setting of the sun. We’re a forever family.”

Prayer and Confession
Thank you Jesus for being forever and permanent—a guaranteed Love that isn’t leaving. Amen.

Further Reading: Jude 24, Hebrews 5:9