Have you ever experienced a critical game situation in which your coach said, “We are going to win this game on this possession.” Maybe your basketball coach has seen a mismatch in the post or your football coach is confident that a post pattern will score a touchdown. And, sure enough, your team runs the play, and the coach’s call works exactly as it is called.

Most likely, your coach knew that the play was going to work right at that moment. It wasn’t for later in the game or even later in the season, but for that exact time and situation. Each player left the huddle with the utmost belief that it was going to work. The timing was perfect. “Coach said it would work, so it HAS to work.”

Just as the players believe totally in their coach at those crucial moments, we also must believe totally in the Word of Jesus Christ. Jesus tells all believers that whoever believes in Him HAS eternal life. That’s right! Jesus used the word HAS! The timing is perfect. Our Greatest Coach, Jesus Christ, says it will work. It HAS to work.

Today let’s get on our knees and thank God for our great opportunity of the eternal life that stems from a present, living faith. This great hope is not for later this month or even later next year. The time is now!