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

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Promise 26 from Leviticus 26:9-10

Lev. 26:9-10 - "'So I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you. You will eat the old supply and clear out the old because of the new.'" - God promises newness! Nothing ever stands still with God. He delights in moving us forward especially when the "forward" with us is to complete our understanding of what He has been telling us all along. He goes back to the covenant again and says, "I'll confirm it! I'll show you that what I said I mean." There are many scriptures that we tend to read right over or dismiss without consideration because we think those words were only for the Israelites or for the disciples. We don't take them on board personally, realising that once God reveals His character through the fulfilment of His word, then He reveals a truth about Himself that we can stand on and believe for; God calms storms, He provides through multiplication, He heals, He defeats the enemy, He gives gifts to all who are ready to receive them, He is trustworthy and faithful, He will never leave us. This is our God. And now He is saying "Watch out, there is even MORE that I want to reveal to you." We don't need to stay in a place of stalemate in our situations whether it be physical or spiritual, God always has more for us. But He wont reveal it until we show HIm that we really want it, that we believe Him and truly surrender our attention and devotion to Him.

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