Notes of Faith December 26, 2024

Blanket Coverage

But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.

Genesis 50:20

In short, insurance in all its forms is protection against the possibility of loss or damage. It involves the transfer of risk from one party to another based on compensation from the insured to the insurer. For thousands of years, various forms of insurance have been used—an acknowledgement of the human desire to avoid the impact of negative events in life. Insurance can be taken out for a limited time (travel insurance) or for a lifetime (life insurance).

With a new year approaching, it is natural to wonder what events will transpire. The Bible says we have an insurance policy of sorts with God that says, regardless of what happens, it will result in a good outcome in our life. That is the message of Romans 8:28: All things in the new year (and every year) will work together for the good of those who belong to God’s family. No insurance company offers a policy with that kind of blanket coverage!

If you belong to God through faith in Christ, you are “insured.” Regardless of what the new year brings, it will be for your good.

Contentment is an embracing of the providence of God.

George Seevers

I am sitting in my office at church working on this Sunday’s message … waiting for a plumber to fix a toilet that won’t shut off. It may have been running since Tuesday night’s candlelight service. Oh well, it’s always something. And in the providence of God, maybe I will get to share the hope we have in Jesus with the plumber that arrives to fix it! God is good all the time! I pray that you are “content” in the Christmas that God gave you, knowing that all things work together for good, to those who love the Lord, and are called according to His purpose! May you be blessed now and every day until we meet the Lord together!

Pastor Dale