Basic Faith: Five-Day Devotional by Sean CurranSample

DAY FOUR: SAME JESUS

“Never will I leave you;

never will I forsake you.”

So we say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.

What can mere mortals do to me?”

Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:5-8

The consistency of God is certainly one of the key characteristics we see throughout Scripture. Time and time again from the very first page, to the last, God makes a way. In the garden, through the sea, in the desert, on the cross, on the clouds: Every time darkness tries to derail the vision of God, darkness fails. That’s the thing about darkness; It can take on many forms and conjure up its best schemes, but in the end, it is still no match for the glorious light of God. No matter how hard it tries, darkness cannot overcome light.

Truly, this theme should be very hard to miss. In the scriptures, it’s everywhere you look. But the truth is, we miss it all the time. We have a tendency to lose perspective. It’s like zooming in too far on an image. Things get so blurry and pixelated that there is simply no way of knowing what we are actually looking at. When we lack perspective, we lose confidence. Without a true north, fear will try to tell us a different story; one of hopelessness, isolation, and loss. But God invites us to zoom out. He wants us to remember the hope we are actually standing on. He has shown us where we come from and where we are going. There may be new waters, fires, and giants, but they still have to face the same Jesus. They will meet their match every single time.

That's why this song exists, to help us gain perspective. When we sing the promises of God, we start to believe them. Darkness is disruptive. We have seen it before and we will see it again. But we are held by a deeper truth…nothing can stop the Lord.

“Where there’s water, you can part it. Where there’s fire, you can walk right through. New giants, same Jesus. There’s no stopping you. Where there’s sickness, you can heal it. All those strongholds, you can break them too. New giants, same Jesus. There’s no stopping you.”