‘The best is yet to be’

I am persuaded that neither death nor life . . . shall be able to separate us from the love of God.

– Romans 8:38-39

Oswald Chambers loved the poetry of Robert Browning and often quoted a phrase from the poem Rabbi Ben Ezra: "The best is yet to be, the last of life for which the first was made. Our times are in His hand."

As principal of the Bible Training College in London from 1911 to 1915, Chambers often said that the school’s initials, B.T.C., also stood for "Better To Come". He believed that the future was always bright with possibility because of Christ. In a letter to former students written during the dark days of World War I, Chambers said, "Whatever transpires, it is ever ‘the best is yet to be’."

For the Christian, this is certainly true when we think about going to heaven. But can we believe that our remaining days on earth will be better than the past? If our hope is centered in Christ, the answer is a resounding yes!

The apostle Paul concluded the stirring 8th chapter of Romans with the assurance that nothing in the present or the future can separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (vv. 38-39). Because we are held in God’s unchanging love, we can experience deeper fellowship with Him, no matter what difficulties come our way.

In Christ, "the best is yet to be".

– David C. McCasland

When we are walking with the Lord,

The future’s always bright;

It matters not what comes our way

When faith replaces sight.

– Sper

READ: Romans 8:25-39

You can be confident about tomorrow

if you walk with God today.