The benediction in Jude 24 says, “Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling...” Do you believe that God has the power to keep you from falling? We worry easily when we are afraid that something will go wrong in our lives, and we feel threatened by the circumstances we are in. It is in moments like these that we need to be convinced by faith that our God is the omnipotent God who has the power to keep us from falling! There is no power that can keep us from falling the way that God’s power can!

How powerful is God’s power? According to 1 Peter 1:3-5, it is the same power that caused us to be begotten into a lively hope – the power that regenerates sinners into saints. All the power that man knows about – whether it is electric power, solar power or nuclear power – cannot change a sinner’s heart. Only God’s power is able to do that! And that is the same power by which we are now “kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time” (1 Pet 1:5). The Greek word for “kept” used here is a military term commonly used for guarding and protecting. The power of God is able to keep us from falling till we are presented faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy.

This power now safeguards us beyond limits and keeps us absolutely safe in God’s hands. It warns us when we venture too far off in our own foolishness and weakness. It keeps us walking in the path of righteousness, and never fails to chastise us when we go astray. This power will not rest until we have reached that beautiful shore which is in heaven's glory, ready to be revealed at the last time. Therefore we can rest with full assurance that we will be guarded and protected by Him through all circumstances of life. We need not be anxious about what can happen to us, or about what the final outcome will be, because the Lord Himself will keep us from falling! That final outcome is fully settled, confirmed and assured for us. When we find ourselves tested and we begin to doubt and lose faith, let us remind ourselves of the unlimited power of God that can keep us from falling. Amen.