Promises, Promises, Promises

Somebody is always promising something. From politicians promising change to children promising to clean their room, it's no wonder we've become cynical and unable to trust anyone. When it comes to God however, doubt can be disastrous. When it comes to the bible and searching for answers to life's biggest questions, we need to trust what the Scriptures say. I used to think that doubt was good. I guess I thought if you were doubting you were questioning, which meant that you were searching. Good, right? Well I've seen a different side of doubt, and it's not healthy.

I'm talking about God's promises. The bible is full of them. Read through one chapter in any book of the Scriptures and you will read at least a handful of promises. Can we trust them? Do we have any reason to doubt them? See, even though the bible is 66 books written by various authors, Paul says in 2 Timothy 3:16 that "All scripture is given by inspiration of God,..." That means God basically wrote every word, through men inspired by the Holy Spirit. (2 Pet 1:21) Let me ask again, "Have you any reason to doubt God's promises?" Has He ever let you down before? Has He ever lied to you?

Moses says in Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?" And Paul says in Titus 1:2 "in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began." (See also Heb 6:18)

We really have a hard time wrapping our minds around God, in fact it's impossible in this life. God is spirit, God is love, and God is incapable of lying, it's just not in His nature. We need to trust in His promises, hanging on to them for dear life. Meditating on them and using them to encourage not only ourselves but others in times of need. The number one promise is this, even though I am the chief of sinners, I have a refuge to run and hide in, that's Jesus Christ. That is my hope,

"This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, ..." Heb 6:19

Grace, MB