Can We Be Sure?

Can we be absolutely sure

Concerning what we believe?

If only I could know that

I would be relieved.

You believe there is a God

I believe that too

But how can I be absolutely sure

That is really true?

If faith is the evidence

Of things not seen

How can I really be sure

God is more than my dream?

If I can not see God

With my physical eyes,

How can I believe

Though the Bible says He is nigh?

The just shall walk by his faith:

That’s what I am trying to do

But how can I know for sure

That God is really true?

Perhaps you criticize me

And think I am slack

That after all of these years

My faith still has lack.

But I will tell you this

Whether you believe it or not,

Concerning God’s Word

I believe every tittle, every jot.

On this side of Glory

I may be sometimes unsure

But God gives faith for my journey

And He gives so much more.

I don’t have to prove anything

Why I believe in God,

But to manifest His love

And to spread Christ abroad.

  

I take great confidence

In what He has said to me

And that becomes my assurance

As I walk with Him daily.

He says, "I am with you,

I will help your unbelief,

Continue to walk in My Spirit

And I will bring you relief.

And when the moments come

That doubt clogs up your mind,

Continue believing my child,

I have been there all the time.

There’re times you will feel me

And there’re times you won’t

But don’t go by your feelings,

My child, please don’t!

All I ask is that you trust me

Even when there appears no trace

And you’ll be absolutely sure

When you see me face to face."

Stewart Russell © October 2018