God in Promises

God truly is in everything.

He patiently waited.

He received the promise.

He was satisfied.

Abraham was able to share great blessing because of this.

In Hebrews 6, the author writes that God mad a promise to Abraham. The Lord swore by Himself, that Abraham would be blessed and multiplied. Vs. 15- “And so after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.” Later on in verse 18 it says that it is impossible for God to lie. He has set hope before us that we can lay hold of.

God gives us promises in our lives often in a sort of specific yet fairly vague kind of way. It usually springs from a godly desire that is scripturally sound, such as the desire to get married (not for your benefit, but for the benefit of your spouse and children) or even accomplishing great works in ministry, (often unknown until doors are opened and the Lord tells us someway that this direction is His will.) This is only two of many promises the Lord can give us. He gives is a great many in scripture regarding our future- that hope of heaven when we accept Him as OUR Lord and Savior and let him guide and direct our lives.

Sometimes though He gives us even more specific promises than that through the gifts of His Spirit. In Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12 Paul explains to us these gifts: word of knowledge, faith, healings, wisdom, prophecy, discernment, and more. I know one of my gifts is faith, and it isn’t always easy, but through these different gifts we can know even more specifically what God has in store for us and those around us.

It’s so funny because over the last year or tow the Lord has given me promises, some more vague than others, but some incredibly specific. I used to wonder if it was truly of God, wondering why he would choose to tell me of all people and something so specific and definite. I sought hard after the Lord (still do) trying to determine if it could really be true. The struggle of doubt is real. But the things that supported that these were of the Lord? I would have people, who had no idea I was struggling with the belief of these promises, come up and share scripture supporting it. I’d always double check the reference flipping through the pages of my bible, astounded by the words from their mouth, or the message rom their text. My morning devotions would scream at me not to doubt and when I thought about these promises, about the life I would have when they would be (will be) fulfilled, I could see it was good, God glorifying, literally all about magnifying Christ as Lord and Savior- not myself or the enemy or anything the like. And in the midst of probably the MOST impossible circumstance, where anyone, including myself, could have looked at the situation and deemed it impossible, concluded it to be not of the Lord, I decided to believe. I chose to believe the Lord can tell His children thing very specific in their lives. He revels in the impossible. He delights in what is most difficult to believe. I find that so beautiful. In the midst of chaos, when choosing to believe the impossible I experience Philippians 4:7, “and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

It’s now a matter of patience in that area of my life, no longer anxiety and overwhelming doubt. Patience and growth, learning everything I can from God about what it takes to be a woman of God, to walk in obedience and prepare for this future that the Lord may be glorified through it all.

I still waver and doubts tend to trickle through my mind as the enemy is always attacking and doing what he can to draw me away from the Lord, but I stay anchored and always come back to His word and what the Lord tells me through it.

Someone wise once told me this, “Everyone wavers. But we must be like a buoy. Tossed to and fro but never floats away from its anchor.”

It’s through the constant spiritual battle that we are in that we learn the faithfulness and truthfulness and sovereignty of God and all the He IS able to accomplish.

Thank You Lord for your promises in my life and to those around me. Thank You for the amazing growth I get to do while waiting on You. I pray Your Name be glorified in my life as You are my first love, & that all may know how great You are & how mighty You work. Help me to share great blessing to those around me. Bless those in my life who struggle with doubt, show them You are a mighty God who can conquer all and will. Fill them with Your Spirit that they may go out and glorify Your Name above all names and lift You up. In Your Name I pray. Amen.