To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.

Jude 24, 25

I love this doxology, one of my favorites.  Jude places us in the hands of our loving God who is able to keep us from stumbling on the way, or even falling, if we cling to Jesus and he to us.

Try as we might, we cannot please God in our own strength, we need desperately the enabling power of the Holy Spirit who is in us by God’s grace.  Jude does not tell us to concentrate on obeying the law, there is no future in that, but to concentrate our attention on Jesus Christ who is God’s Lamb, given for our salvation.  He becomes our obedience.  He enables us to live the law.

It is Jesus who will present us before God without fault and with great joy.  Praise God for the without fault part, even more for the exuberant joy, on the part of God and, of course, us!  God’s joy is enlarged as those whom Jesus saves appear before him!  That is almost beyond belief.

To whom are we commended?  To the only God.  There is no other.  He alone is our Savior!  To Him be glory, majesty, power and authority.  These words expand our hearts as we ponder our salvation in Jesus Christ. They are words I seldom use or even read about.  Glory is for God alone.  Majesty, God on his throne of love.  Power, the Spirit of God in us to overcome the evil one.  Authority, God’s unquestioned rule in my life.  His authority is our resting place.  I embrace these promises, these truths.

Forevermore.  That caps it all.  What more to say?  The only response is simply but dynamically to shout, “Amen,” along with myriad other saves ones. So be it, now and forever.