“When God gives an assurance, He has the power to follow through. He never says, ‘Remember that thing I told you I would do? I ran out of time and couldn’t fit it in my schedule.’ He told Isaiah, ‘Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver?’ (Isaiah 50:2). Those are purely rhetorical questions. The answer is a resounding NO! Second Peter 1:3-4 tells us, ‘His divine power . . . has granted to us his precious and very great promises . . .’ Then the apostle tells us why God gives us promises: ‘. . . so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature’ (2 Peter 1:4). God wants you to become increasingly like His Son Jesus, and He uses His promises to help you get there! The very idea that God commits Himself to do anything is incredible. He doesn’t have to bind Himself to you in any way. He’s God—completely above and beyond us all. As part of His creation, you are in no position to hold Him to anything; He owes you nothing. Yet God flat out promises to do some things—for you. In fact, given certain circumstances, He has already told you what He will do! That’s amazing.” James MacDonald
Posted on: Wed, 28 May 2014 13:21:25 +0000
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