I Will By No Means Cast Out…

 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.—John 6:37

My focus last night as I read was on the second half of verse 37:

and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out

As I rested there, my eyes filled with tears of utter gratitude.  I am in Christ….accepted in the Beloved.  I stand permanently in His gracious favor.  He loves me and will love me to the end.  No one can snatch me out of His hand…

If you are like me, Jesus is your “go-to” person. He is your Savior, your Lord, your Father and your Friend. You KNOW you need Him. You need His grace.  You need His faithful lovingkindness and mercy.  You need His love and His forgiveness.  You need His wisdom and direction.  You KNOW you couldn’t get by without Him.  You pray and talk to Him all day long. You spend time with Him in the morning and in the evening you can’t wait to do it again.   

Here is what I have never thought about despite being so grateful and so very dependent on His unfailing presence in my life. I have never thought of what it would be like if I had to worry that when I came to Him, He might cast me out.  What if His love and grace toward me had limits?  What if I could, by my actions, cause him to turn me away or cast me aside as not “good” enough?  Even contemplating these questions for a moment brings hopeless and unimaginable terror to my heart. I am thankful that I can continually draw near to my God in full assurance of faith knowing that His word is true.  He will never cast me out. 

I come to Him with my sin, my weakness, my need and my faltering faith.  Jesus gets all my crazy, anxious thoughts.  He holds me when I am sick, refreshes me when I am weary, and comforts me when grief threatens to swallow me up.  In all my loneliness and insufficiency, He is my faithful companion.  He is my Father and I am His precious child. His left hand is under my head and His right hand embraces me. 

Jesus has accepted unworthy me.   He has never refused my company.  He has never shut His door of grace in my face.   And He never will.  Jesus will never break His word. He is faithful even when I am not. Every one of God’s promises are yes in Him.  

Beloved…

A bruised reed He will not break,

And smoking flax He will not quench;—Isaiah 42:3

And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.—Revelation 22:17

Go to Him today. If you are a believer, you are His dearly loved and cherished one.  There is no where you can go from His Spirit.  He lives in you and is always with you.  He does not change.  Once you are His there is nothing that can separate you from Him.  Not even death because death is now merely the doorway into your forever home with Him.  Read all the verses below.  Receive them into your heart and allow the Spirit of God to use them to assure, steady, strengthen and settle you.  

Jesus is speaking…

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. 30 I and My Father are one."—John 10:27-30

31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?  36 As it is written:

"For Your sake we are killed all day long;

We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.—Romans 8:31-39

He shall regard the prayer of the destitute,

And shall not despise their prayer.—Psalm 102:17

28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."—Matthew 11:28-30

But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong." 42 Then he said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom."

43 And Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise."—Luke 23:40-43

For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.—Hebrews 4:15

9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,

And called from its farthest regions,

And said to you,

'You are My servant,

I have chosen you and have not cast you away:

10 Fear not, for I am with you;

Be not dismayed, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you,

Yes, I will help you,

I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'—Isaiah 41:9-10

Let the wicked forsake his way,

And the unrighteous man his thoughts;

Let him return to the LORD,

And He will have mercy on him;

And to our God,

For He will abundantly pardon.—Isaiah 55:7

Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, 21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.—Romans 5:20

This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. 16 However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.—1 Timothy 1:15-16

Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.—Hebrews 7:25