Standing on the Promises of God (II)

Standing on the Promises of God (II)

We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. Hebrew 6:12

Bible Reading: Mark 24:14-28

God is faithful, kind, and His mercy endures forever. He wants His children to enjoy the best of Him — his life, goodness, favour, peace, and blessings etc in abundance. He has great and mighty things for His children; words to comfort, guidance and assurance of His plan and purpose. However, many children of God are living below God’s expectations because they do not know God’s promises for them. They cannot stand and fight with the word and by the power of the Holy Spirit because of ignorance (Jeremiah 29:11; Hosea 4:6).

Standing on the promise of God means confessing God’s promises as contained in His word. It means constant prayer and unwavering faith in God’s ability to do according to what He has said. This reminds me of the story once told of a boy whose father promised to buy a gift and the father refused to buy it. The boy kept reminding his father. Any time he sees anything that relates to the gift, he told everyone that his father would buy him a gift even though he was yet to buy it. He confessed and believed that his father would buy it and finally his father bought it. When we constantly confess God’s word, we are calling forces to conform; we are reminding Him of His word, and we are exercising our faith.

Take right step at the Lord’s command by faith and never allow doubt or fear hold you back. Continually fix your gaze on Jesus. Also, sin can either delay or abort the fulfilment of God’s word in the life of a man. Do not allow sin rob you of God’s promises. And if you have gone astray, Jesus is calling you to experience his love and mercy again. Finally, do not be weary but stand on God’s promise, patiently wait for its fulfilment, and continually rejoice in Him.

Self-Reflection: God’s word contains His promises for us and when we study His word, we unlock divine mysteries.

Action Point: Thank God for fulfilling His word over your life and family.

Intercessory Prayer: Lord strength those passing through one situation or another

Song: Forever, oh Lord, thy word is settled in heaven

It is settled.