+DEV+ God Gives Good Promises

Date: February 3, 2011 11:48 PM
Topic: +DEV+ God Gives Good Promises

God Gives Good Promises

"'Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses'" (1 Kings 8:56).
Scripture Focus: 2 Peter 1:3-21

"Promises, promises," we say when we know there is little hope of their fulfillment. That is the world's cynicism and perhaps our thinking, too, since people do often break promises. Likely, those were bad promises to begin with.

But God deals with us by good promises. He means us to fasten on to His promises, and He loves to have us claim them from Him in prayer. He loves to hear us ask for what He longs to give.

Solomon blesses God because God has kept the promise that He made to Israel through Moses "that he will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops...and your flocks...You will be blessed more than any other people" (Deuteronomy 7:13-14).

Solomon was dedicating the Temple, which itself had been promised, and saw that all God's promises to Moses had been kept. How humbling it must have been for God's often-grumbling people to hear these words. Their God - your God! - never fails.

Insight: Have we based our lives once and for all on the God who cannot lie? Will we stake everything on the promises of His Word?