Romans 4:20-21 Abraham never wavered in believing God's promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God. 21 He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises. New Living Translation (NLT)
What or who is it that you place your trust in today? Many people depend on the government hoping that a government program may be the solution to their problems. Politicians have made promises through the ages but all too often the results of those programs fail to achieve the high hopes that were created by the promises.
I read the following quote in David Jeremiah's devotional yesterday. "Several years ago when a particular United States governor was caught breaking an oft-repeated campaign promise, he explained that his prior words were simply "political statements" that had to be adjusted with changing circumstances. He was adopting the philosophy of Machiavelli, the prince of politicians, who said, "The promise given was a necessity of the past; the word broken is the necessity of the present." Promise breaking seems to be standard operating procedure for many of today's politicians. Still, we somehow expect our leaders to keep their promises; and when they break them, it creates a credibility gap with those they govern. "
Abraham's long life was a testament to God being faithful to His promises. From early on in Genesis the promises focused on a coming Redeemer, Savior, and Deliverer of His people. Jesus is a deliverer in many ways, most of all in fulfilling God's promises. God's promises will be kept. They are our hope for the future just as they had been in the past from Abraham forward to those who are willing to put their faith and trust in Him. Those promises didn't come easy, Jesus Christ came and died to fulfill them, and we will be celebrating Easter because He overcame death and lives forever so that we also live eternally with Him. That is our hope and it is solid.
Read the passage from The Message below, may it encourage us not to "tiptoe around" God's promises, but may we "plunge in" in faith and come up strong. I couldn't help but post the following hymn "My Hope is Built on Nothing Less"
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
His oath, His covenant, and blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When every earthly prop gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
In Christ,
Mike
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Eph 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace NIV
Romans 4:19-25
The Message (MSG)
19-25 Abraham didn't focus on his own impotence and say, "It's hopeless. This hundred-year-old body could never father a child." Nor did he survey Sarah's decades of infertility and give up. He didn't tiptoe around God's promise asking cautiously skeptical questions. He plunged into the promise and came up strong, ready for God, sure that God would make good on what he had said. That's why it is said, "Abraham was declared fit before God by trusting God to set him right." But it's not just Abraham; it's also us! The same thing gets said about us when we embrace and believe the One who brought Jesus to life when the conditions were equally hopeless. The sacrificed Jesus made us fit for God, set us right with God
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