Promises, Promises, Promises

Over the years I’ve heard people say things like, “God is good; all the time God is good.”  I agree, hook, line, and sinker.  I would like to add another affirmation, however.  “God is faithful; all the time God is faithful.” 

Numbers 23:19 says, “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 it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?”  In a troubling world where truth is becoming more and more blurred, God speaks the truth.  He does not lie.  He has nothing of which to repent.  In Jesus he has fleshed out the meaning of truthfulness so much so that Jesus said of Himself, “I am the truth” (John 14:6).

Perhaps this is why the apostle Paul spoke to the early church about the faithfulness of God.  He speaks a word and it is sealed. It can be counted on.  His promises are valid and we can building our lives on them.

In Jesus “as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes” (2 Cor. 1:20).  Isn’t that an interesting way of articulating a profound truth?  God has given us promises and those promises are the foundation of our lives in Jesus.  The apostle Peter said that God “has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature…” (2 Pet. 1:4).

God is with us day by day, in every way, always being true to His Word and consistent with His promises. We may be inundated with the harsh realities of life, but God is faithful.  We may be knocked to the ground because of the hard blows of life, but God is faithful.  We may question the inconsistencies of life in a dangerous world and  the ways of evil people who would prey upon the innocent, but God is faithful.

Our problem is never God.  Our problems are rooted in a world system that refuses to embrace the God who is faithful.  Let that cycle be broken in the Church where Jesus is Lord.