I am persuaded that He is able

[Fragrant Grace]

For I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.
2 Timothy 1:12

Not strictly a poem.....but a beautiful old hymn.
Consider the lyrics and what Jesus has done for you
I know whom I have believed and I am persuaded that He is able!
Hallelujah, Praise the Lord


I know not why God’s wondrous grace
To me He hath made known,
Nor why, unworthy, Christ in love
Redeemed me for His own.

But I know Whom I have believèd,
And am persuaded that He is able
To keep that which I’ve committed
Unto Him against that day.

I know not how this saving faith
To me He did impart,
Nor how believing in His Word
Wrought peace within my heart.

I know not how the Spirit moves,
Convincing us of sin,
Revealing Jesus through the Word,
Creating faith in Him.

I know not what of good or ill
May be reserved for me,
Of weary ways or golden days,
Before His face I see.

I know not when my Lord may come,
At night or noonday fair,
Nor if I walk the vale with Him,
Or meet Him in the air.

But I know Whom I have believèd,
And am persuaded that He is able
To keep that which I’ve committed
Unto Him against that day.*



*Daniel Whittle 1883

 

[Merlene]

Galatins 2:20 is one of my favorite scriptures because sometimes I have to remind myself just who I am and who I belong to and who lives within me. This world offers so many distractions to our faith, and sometimes the flesh tries to temp me with worldly things, but the spirit lives inside me which has more abundantly power than any power on this earth. God loves and cares for me (andyou) this I know, so I know who I belong to.

 

[Fragrant Grace]

For I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.

2 Timothy 1:12


A little from a passage I read today.....written by Scottish Christian ,John Macduff in the 19th century



Beautiful and significant is the formula, if we may so express it, of this farewell Creed of the Apostle.
He does not say, 'I know what I have believed,' but "I know whom I have believed;" or (as that is better rendered in the margin), "I know whom I have trusted."
It is not facts, or doctrines, or confessions, or sects, or churches he speaks of, but his Living Lord
It is not even Christianity he boasts of, but Christ.
This dying confession indeed of his faith, is quite what we would have expected from him.
The motto of his existence was this—"To me to live is Christ"—"Christ my life."
Life to him was a hallowed journey with Jesus at his side.
He loved Him, and leaned upon Him as an earthly friend; like the sunflower opening to the radiant beams, and drooping in sadness and sorrow when that sun is away.
*****
Hallelujah amen
May our boastings only be of Christ....whom we trust and believe
And who is abundantly able