worship the One who holds our future

Praising God is joyful and fulfilling. As we praise Him, God blesses us in return. But as good as praising God is, it can be challenging to worship Him in this way when life is hard and we’re anxious.

At the end of his letter, Jude launches into one of the Bible’s most exciting passages of worshipful praise. One of the things that makes it so joyful is that it’s not circumstantial. Regardless of what we’re going through, this is a song of praise we can offer up ourselves.

It speaks of our glorious future where Jesus will present us as faultless and blameless—to Himself! Jesus is the beginning and the end of our destiny. He is our security and our guarantee. On our worst day, this is still where we are headed: to be displayed in heaven’s throne room as a trophy of Jesus’ grace. And He will do it, says Jude, with great joy.

When praise is hard to come by and our hearts are heavy, Jude helps us to lift our eyes to the One who holds our future in His hands and will do everything required to get us there safely.