Praying God's PromisesНамуна

Promise Keeper

Do you need a breakthrough, hope, confidence, a change of circumstances, healing, comfort, provision, a relationship restored, children blessed, a loved one rescued, or a God who is big enough to trust no matter the size of your problems? God’s promises have the power to calm storms, incite miracles, and, best of all, deliver you. 

God, the Creator, stepped through time and space to scoop his hand into the earth’s rich clay to form a man. With his own breath, he breathed life into Adam, and then, from a rib beneath man’s heart, God formed Eve. After that, God blessed this couple with his very presence. But when sin ripped Adam and Eve from his holy grasp, he gave them and their descendants his promises—promises of redemption and promises of his enduring love. 

God’s promises of redemption and enduring love are so glorious that we might think God wouldn’t have felt the need to promise anything else. Yet, God lavished us with more promises, promises that can be found throughout his Word. Why did God go to this extreme? He was never obliged to promise us anything, especially that he would send his only begotten Son to die on a rugged cross to pay the price for our sins. 

I believe God was motivated to shower us with promises out of his great love for us, his children. The apostle Paul once said, “So now you are not a slave; you are God’s child, and God will give you the blessing he promised, because you are his child” (Galatians 4:7 NCV). Because we are God’s beloved children, he provided a way so that we would no longer be separated from him on account of his holiness and our sinfulness. He gifted us with promises because he is, by nature, not only a promise maker but also a promise keeper. 

In other words, God’s promises are about drawing you ever nearer to him so that he can lavish his love upon you. Yes, even if you don’t deserve it. In fact, God especially wants to draw near to the undeserving and restore their relationship with him. He wants you to rest in him, and he wants to rest his Spirit on you. All you have to do to start this process is to say yes! 

Do you believe God keeps his promises? Why or why not?