Significant and Secure in Christ - John 10-12

John 10:29 (ESV)

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

This is one of the most cherished verses in God’s Word.   In a world that struggles with belonging, identification of who we are and living secure, this spiritual truth is food for the soul.    Jesus is speaking and is telling his disciples and those inquiring about Him that those who come to Him have some specific characteristics that can give them spiritual and, perhaps, even psychological peace. 

1.  Whoever comes to Christ does not come accidentally or serendipitously.    Whoever comes to Jesus is drawn by the Father and given to the Son by Him.   Note:

John 6:37 (ESV)

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

John 17:2 (ESV)

since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

John 15:16 (ESV)

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

We have the blessed assurance that we have a relationship with the Son because the Father has chosen us to be in that relationship.  That makes us not only blessed but uniquely special.  We have significance because the Father has established that relationship with us.  

2.  Once we have been given to the Son NO ONE can take us away from the Son.   We are in the Father’s hand and that security.  No matter what no one is able to take us out of His hand.  We are held firmly in His grip.    We may fail and fall and flail, but we are forever secure in His hand. 

In Christ we have both significance and security.   We are placed in His hand by His choice and we are secure in His hand by His love and power.