Gua·ran·tee [gar-uhn-tee], noun, verb:
1. a promise or assurance of a particular outcome or condition
2. to secure
3. to ensure for another
4. to engage or protect
5. to promise
There are no guarantees in this life. No, that's not a startling revelation, but one that I have observed many times this week: I have several friends that have lost their jobs: income and stability are not guaranteed. I have a friend whose family is battling sickness and pain: healthy bodies are not guaranteed. I have a friend who may be uprooting and moving to a completely different town within a short time period: future plans are not guaranteed. I have a friend who is spending his life savings on a lawyer in order to retain custody of his two daughters: rights are not guaranteed. I have a friend who continues to struggle with unanswered questions from a relationship that ended months ago: worldly promises are not guaranteed. I have a friend who is fighting the balance of witnessing to his family and choosing to distance himself from them in order to live a Godly life: family is not guaranteed. And that's just THIS WEEK!
"Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come." 2 Corinthians 1:21-22
"When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory." Ephesians 1:13-14
But I have a friend who sent His Spirit as a promise of what is to come, an inheritance and a home: and that is guaranteed.
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