2 CORINTHIANS 1:20-22-“FOR NO MATTER HOW MANY PROMISES GOD HAS
MADE, THEY ARE “YES” IN CHRIST. AND SO THROUGH HIM THE “AMEN” IS
SPOKEN BY US TO THE GLORY OF GOD. NOW IT IS GOD WHO MAKES BOTH US
AND YOU STAND FIRM IN CHRIST. HE ANOINTED US, SET HIS SEAL OF
OWNERSHIP ON US, AND HE PUT HIS SPIRIT IN OUR HEARTS AS A DEPOSIT,
GUARANTEEING WHAT IS TO COME.”
WHAT ARE GOD’S PROMISES? GOD’S PROMISES ARE ASSURANCES FOUND IN
SCRIPTURE (SUCH AS THE BIBLE) THAT IS ROOTED IN HIS UNCHANGING
CHARACTER AND OFFER BELIEVERS HOPE, GUIDANCE, AND PROVISION. KEY
PROMISES INCLUDE ETERNAL LIFE, PROTECTION, PROVISION FOR NEEDS,
PEACE, COMFORT, FORGIVENESS, GUIDANCE, WISDOM, AND ASSURANCE OF
GOD’S PRESENCE AND FAITHFULNESS.
THESE PROMISES CAN BE GENERAL, APPLYING TO ALL BELIEVERS, OR
CONDITIONAL, DEPENDENT ON FAITH AND OBEDIENCE. FACING ADVERSITIES,
WE SHOULD STAND ON GOD’S PROMISES. GOD’S PROMISES HOLD GREAT
POWER AND PLACE OUR HEART AT EASE. MANY TIMES GOD WILL USE THESE
PROMISES TO TEST OUR OBEDIENCE AND OUR FAITHFULNESS TO HIM.
SOME TIMES PROMISES WILL TAKE TIME TO BE FULFILLED, BECAUSE GOD’S
TIMIMG IS BASED ON HIS BIG PURPOSES. ABRAHAM HAD TO WAIT FOR ISAAC
TO BE BORN. ISRAELITES HAD TO WAIT BEFORE THEY COULD ENTER THE
PROMISED LAND. HANNAH HAD TO WAIT FOR HER WOMB TO BE OPENED TO
BRING FORTH SAMUEL.
THE REASON IS THAT GOD IS WORKING OUT HIS PROMISES AND
PURPOSES IN OUR LIVES IN HARMONY WITH WHAT HE IS DOING IN HISTORY, IN
NATIONS AND THE ENTIRE PEOPLE GROUPS BECAUSE ANSWERS MUST LINE UP
WITH HISTORY—HARMONY AND HISTORY MUST LINE UP .