PROMISES, PROMISES

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?

Numbers 23:19

In my lifetime of 84 years, I've been the fall-guy for so many broken promises than I could ever count. I could have been put in a mental facility if I had crashed over just a few of those broken promises. Promises run the gamut from bad to worse, light to heavy, small to huge, and even impersonal to ridiculous.

I don't believe there are levels of promises. If I tell someone I'm going to do something, I feel I'm promising to carry out whatever I've said I would do. We are good with excuses for not keeping a promise...became ill, car wouldn't start, school called about my child, etc. The list is endless and a good majority of us have at one time or another used one or other of those excuses.

I'm saying all of the following with a great deal of joy. I know Someone who lived a relatively brief life on this earth compared to the years many live in our day. He was perfect in every way. He loved and served people, along with teaching them how to live godly lives. During His years of life on earth, He made many promises to those He taught and associated with. He spoke of His own soon-coming death and then resurrection that would pave the way for all to accept Him as Savior. That information would lead to all believers to spend eternity in Heaven with Him.

What an example Jesus Christ set for us especially in the area of keeping promises. He was/is trust personified, thus our capability of trusting Him explicitly. God's Word is full of promises we can base our lives on. As our culture wants to keep us in panic mode, it's never our Lord's plan for us. Our job is to stay focused on the things of God and not on the things of this world. We can do that with Holy Spirit power we've been blessed with. We have to decide whose promises we will believe...no debate...it's a given!

Dear Father, God...I'm so grateful I can trust Your every word and that You will always work for my good. May I stay focused on those things that are of You and not of those things or others around me. I know I can trust Your every promise that have no excuses attached. I love You dearly....In Jesus precious name...Amen