We can be full of confidence that God will deliver on his promises because the testimony of history has repeatedly shown us that he is trustworthy. In his dealings with Ezra and the exiles, his gracious hand was upon them, guiding them, protecting them, providing for them all that they needed. God’s people trusted in him and their faith was vindicated when they safely arrived in the land of Promise.

When we consider the work of Jesus Christ, we have another testimony that God will surely bring us safely into his heavenly kingdom. Jesus Christ was the servant whose eyes were fixed upon the Father. Throughout his life, he looked to the Lord for help. From an early age he was found in the temple. During his ministry on earth he made regular time for prayer, his life was devoted to God. Even in the Garden of Gethsemane, faced with the agony of God’s anger at sin, he still trusted in his Father to care and provide for him. The prospect of death did not stop him from trusting in God.

The result of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection is that we can be assured that our God will never forsake us in our Christian life. His Son Jesus Christ came to be shamed in order to secure a life in God’s heavenly city for you and me. He is the one who brings us into the Promised Land (Hebrews 4:8–11). All we have to do is cling to him. If we are united to Christ through faith, his death is considered our death, we belong to him, and there will be no wrath, no payment for sin waiting for us on the day that we die.

The Lord who has rescued us from death and hell, the Lord who has brought us from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light (Colossians 1:13), will not allow us to fall away from him and go back into exile (John 10:29). He will rescue us from every evil attack, he will bring us safely into his heavenly kingdom. The Lord protects and provides for his people on their journey to the Promised Land.