“AS A GUARANTEE!”

 2 Corinthians 5:5-8                                   (ESV)

“[5] HE WHO has PREPARED US FOR THIS VERY THING is GOD, WHO has given us THE SPIRIT “AS A GUARANTEE”. [6] So we are ALWAYS OF GOOD COURAGE. We KNOW that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, [7] FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT. [8] Yes, WE ARE OF GOOD COURAGE, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the LORD.”

Maybe in the last fourteen years my EYES are simply more open to TRUTH than previously, but there are days that it seems my brain is not as sharp as others days?  While reading this passage of Scripture recently, the words “AS A GUARANTEE” reminded me of having someone WHO IS ABLE TO PROMISE that a debt WILL be paid signs a bank document to SECURE a debt for someone who needs the help!  

“HE WHO has PREPARED US FOR THIS VERY THING is GOD” reminds me that THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES has A PLAN, and HE has given us THE SPIRIT “AS A GUARANTEE” that HIS PLAN WILL BE fulfilled!  HE WHO has a NAME above every other NAME (Philippians 2:9) wants us to be ALWAYS OF GOOD COURAGE as WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT.  When we begin to “make sense” out of the path HE has us traveling, an excellent opportunity for FEAR and DOUBT is allowed to try and corrupt our mission.  

Colossians 3:2 was written to remind me to “Set your minds on things that ARE ABOVE, NOT ON THINGS THAT ARE ON THE EARTH.”  ALMIGHTY GOD has freely given me THE SPIRIT “AS A GUARANTEE” that HIS PLAN WILL BE FULFILLED!  It is NOT because I am worthy or deserving of HIS Grace, but HIS SPIRIT “AS A GUARANTEE” assures that my debt is paid and HIS PLAN WILL BE COMPLETED!!!