Standing on the Promises

History is littered with the debris of broken promises.  Those promises may have been made with the best of intentions by politicians, newly wedded couples, or overindulgent parents.  However, human promises sometimes come up short of being kept.  Perhaps you remember the painful stab caused by a broken promise in your own life?  Maybe a spouse, who took a vow to keep themselves to you only, deserted you for someone else.  Maybe it was a boss who told you that you were next in line for a promotion, but he gave the job to someone else.  Perhaps someone sincerely promised to repay you a sum of money but has never come through on their obligation.  Promises are easily made but often are not kept.

I am so glad that our God always keeps His promises.  We are surrounded with multitudes of wonderful promises found in God’s precious Word.  He has given us the promise and assurance of salvation in Rom. 10:13 when He said: “Whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved”.  He gives us the promise of His presence in our daily life.  Matt. 28:20 records it: “And lo I am with you always even unto the end of the age”.  We also have the promise of the forgiveness of our sins (1 Jn. 1:7,9) and the promise of one day spending eternity with Christ (Jn. 10:28;14:2,3).  The apostle Peter tells us that those who have faith in Jesus Christ have been given all things that pertain to life and godliness as well as exceedingly great and precious promises (2 Peter 1:3,4).  Even the nation of Israel will one day inherit all the land that God promised them. 

Paul tells us in 2 Cor. 1:20 that all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.  We never have to worry if our Heavenly Father will come through on the things He has told us, because God cannot lie.  We can count on, rely on, and even stand on the promises of God.