“I, Jude, am a slave to Jesus Christ and brother to James, writing to those loved by God the Father, called and kept safe by Jesus Christ. Relax, everything’s going to be all right; rest, everything’s coming together; open your hearts, love is on the way!” (Jude 1:1-2 MSG).

In his letter, Jude focuses on the problem of apostasy – turning away from God’s truth into error. In a day that is swarming with false teachers, every Christian needs to read this small book on a regular basis.

So often we know when something is wrong with us physically. The symptoms are obvious and we take immediate action to correct the problem. Unfortunately we are not as vigilant spiritually. The result is bad teaching creeps into our lives and bad thinking corrupts our life-styles.

The problem is not new. Satan is the great deceiver and our sin natures are immanently susceptible to anything that will feed it. The wonderful promise of God is that those who know Christ, really know Him, are kept safe by Him! We don’t have to wring our hands in worry, stress over whether or not things will work out, “everything’s going to be all right” What a marvelous promise!

What has you stressing today? Can you give it over to Jesus? Will you exchange your worry for His rest?