I will never leave you, nor forsake
you. Heb.13:5
God is so
amazing. He knows what we need, even
when we don’t. Little things or big
things, it doesn’t matter, He knows. And
it doesn’t stop there. He loves each of
us so much that He will surprise you with something that will lift your heart
and help understand Him better, and I think He loves to do it when you aren’t
expecting it.
As I was
reading in Morning and Evening by
Charles Spurgeon the other day, God used it to lift my spirit and remind me of
the promises He has made to me. Here is how Spurgeon put it.
“No
promise is of private interpretation. Whatever God has said to any one saint,
He has said to all. When He opens a well
for one, it is that all may drink. When
He opens the granary door to give out food, there may be one starving man who
is the occasion of it being opened, but all hungry saints may come and feed,
too. Whether He gave the word to Abraham
or to Moses does not matter, believer; He has given it to you as one of the
covenanted seed.”
Isn’t that
awesome? Promised made to one of His
people is a promise we can all be blessed through. This prompted me to take a look at some of
the promises in scripture. Here are a
few:
God uses
rainbows to symbolize His promise to never again send a flood to destroy the
earth. (Gen 9:8-17)
Fear not, for I am with you; be not
dismayed, for I am your God. I will
strengthen you, yes I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right
hand. (Is 41:10)
Come to Me, all who are weary and
heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
(Mt 11:28)
Therefore I say to you, all things for
which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they shall be
granted you. (Mark 11:24)
And let us not grow weary while doing
good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. (Gal 6:9)
The Psalms
are a great place to find promises. Two
of my favorites are Psalm 1 and 23. Here
are a few more:
Delight yourself in the Lord, and He shall
give you the desires of your heart. (Ps 37:4)
Cast your burdens on the Lord, and He
shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
(Ps 55:22)
God is our refuge and strength, a very
present help in trouble. (Ps 46:1)
When you
really think about it, the bible itself is one big promise ultimately pointing
us toward eternity and the promises held there for us. As the inspired Word of God we can hold every
word near to our heart and stand in complete confidence of the promises held
within. Jesus told us of the accuracy
and authority of scripture and that it would all be fulfilled, every jot and
tittle (Mt 5:18).
Even the
attributes of God work to our advantage.
Look at the various attributes of God, each one in and of itself a
blessing to us. God promising to never
leave us or forsake us is an all-encompassing promise which engages His
attributes on our behalf in order that this promise be fulfilled.
Spurgeon
finished with this:
“To sum it
up, there is nothing you can lack, nothing you can ask for, nothing you can
need in time or in eternity, nothing living, nothing dying, nothing in this
world, nothing in the next world, nothing now, nothing at the Resurrection
morning, nothing that is in heaven that is not contained in this text: I will never leave you, nor forsake you.”
Take some
time to think about the promises God has made to you, either directly or
through the bible. Lift them up in
prayer and talk to Him about them. It
would be a great way to re-establish contact if you have not talked to Him in a
while. I think we all tend to forget about His
promises to us when we don’t see it come into fruition in the time frame we
want or expect it to. We need to remember that His
timing is perfect and He will follow through on every single promise.
