He will do it.

There is nothing more certain. It is a guarantee. You can bank on it. There is zero doubt.

Do you ever doubt that you’re going to make it? That you will be found acceptable when you see God? Four words jumped off the page this morning!

“The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.” (1 Thessalonians 5 v 24)

He will do it. He will keep your spirit, soul and body blameless until the return of Christ. He will do it. He will sanctify your consecration. He will do it. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5:23. “The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.” (1 Thessalonians 5 v 24)

When life is going really wrong do you wonder if you will ever be happy again? When the circumstances are declaring you will not survive do you believe them? Has giving yourself to the reading of the Bible been worth it? Do you wonder if you are just going to collapse under the weight of life? Is there really a way through for you? Do you wonder if you can ever love again? Are you weak? Do you feel unholy? Will you be there at the return of Christ? Are you truly saved?

Random questions. But each one has been answered in this letter and in every case the answer is He will do it.

He will give you joy in your worst day. You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.  (1:6); He will do it.

He will help you. We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition. (2:2); He will do it.

He will work His Word into your life. And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.  (2:13): He will do it.

He will enable you to stand firm. For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord. (3:8); He will do it.

He will open the way. Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you.  (3:11); He will do it.

He will increase the love you have and the love you give. May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.  (3:12); He will do it.

He will strengthen you. May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.  (3:13); He will do it.

He will sanctify you. It is God’s will that you should be sanctified (4:3); He will do it.

He will bring with Jesus those who have died on His return. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. (4:14); He will do it.

He will save you. For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. (4:9); He will do it.

How do we know?

He is faithful. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it (5:24)