In Search of God's Promises

What is the one thing we do when we feel out of control in a situation? We grasp onto something stable, something we can lean on, something that will hold us up. When the ground is shifting we want something solid to stand on. This is a journey through the Bible in search of God's promises for us today. Let's look together to see how many "boulders" He has in His quarry for us to stand on! "It is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants." Rom. 9:8

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Promise 6 from Leviticus 9:4b

Lev. 9:4b. - "For today the Lord will appear to you." - After Aaron and his sons waited, worshipped and prayed for seven days, they were told by Moses that on that 9th day the Lord will appear to them. I'm sure, by the 5th day in the tent of meeting that Aaron and sons were probably wondering if God even knew they were there, after all they were sitting in His "house" for all that time but they hadn't seen Him yet. After the instructed time was over (the 7 days) then the Lord shows up. Many people feel like God doesn't see them, hear them or care for them, when they pray to Him and nothing seems to happen. They don't hear His voice, they don't feel His presence and they don't see any results of their time seeking Him. This tempts many people to believe that either God doesn't exist or He doesn't care. To have faith in believing that He will answer prayers requires a prerequisite of faith to believe that He is who He says He is. It requires a belief that not only is He there listening to those prayers but He is also caring for what is being prayed, even though we don't see any immediate fruit of that prayer. To have faith in believing that God answers prayers requires the prerequisite belief that God is good All the time. It also requires that belief that the terrible things that happen are not caused by Him. So many people loose out on the blessings of God because they turn away in their blaming of Him. They accept an offence from God that should be an offence that belongs to the enemy of God. But people are deceived. Once people begin to truly believe that God is good all the time, and that He truly cares for them, the power of the deceit will fade away and the presence of the Lord will be seen. That is the promise.

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