About every four years here in America, we start hearing
the mantra “Promises made; Promises kept” by politicians and their surrogates
of all stripes, colors, and teams. Typically, they make thousands of promises
and claims and after 4 years they find the 4 or 5 that came to fruition. And whether
they were instrumental in them happening or not, they shout from the roof tops
“Promises made; Promises kept.” If they shout loud and often enough with their
paid advertising, maybe about 5 of the promises are kept, then the country will
forget the other thousands of promises that never happened. This works because
there is no expectation and certainly no accountability for the promises made.
In fact, it is hard for me to see how one might even be considered for major
office if they do not make outrageous promises first.
This speaks
volumes to the state of “truth” in America and how little it is valued and
practiced. The intent of the claims is that since one kept 5 of their promises
then you know that they will surely keep the thousands of promises that they
are making today.
Rejoice, and again I say rejoice. For unto
you has been given “the truth.” “The Truth” does not change. Not a half or
one-sided truth.
(Ps119:160) “The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.”
We read this of The One who has inspired the
writings of the sacred scriptures for you and me;
“ Thus God, determining
to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise, (this includes us), the
immutability of His counsel,…” (God does not change, He is the same
yesterday, today and forever. If you are waiting for the Word of God to change,
to come up to date, forget it. It is already beyond “to date”, it is truth,
righteous and forever),
“… confirmed
it by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it
is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, (that is to say that
we might be mighty, unwavering in our comfort from the fears and turmoil of all
the tragedies and upheavals upon the earth caused by sin), “we might have
strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before
us. (Heb
6:17-19)
(JN 16:33)
“These
things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will
have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
We take hold of the hope, faith and
assurance of the salvation and inheritance promised and held for us in heaven
awaiting the arrival of the groom. We wait confidently and expectantly under
the safe and sure wings of God our refuge.
We
can spend hours and hours reading and listening to others and be left wondering
if that is true or how much of that is true or if any of that is true. “For
this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who
desires all men to be saved and to come to the (accurate) knowledge of
the truth.” (1Tim 2:3,4).
God
does not direct us to the NY times, CNN or Fox for the accurate knowledge of
the truth which is able to save you and me. He has addressed His own love
letter to you and I personally, the Bible, and has sent His own Son to deliver
it, sealed with His Son’s own blood. And they have left us God’s holy spirit to
explain, interpret and lead us into all truth. How much time do we spend
listening to and seeking out guidance and advice from people that once we have
listened, we walk away and wonder if they are right?
Compare
that amount of time with the time we spend reading and listening to the One who
is always right, who cannot lie, who gave His only begotten Son so we can be
reconciled back to Him. Because of His spirit within us, we are able to hear
and comprehend. It drives us to live with and for Him and enables us to come to
an accurate knowledge of the truth.
Rejoice and again I say rejoice, you have mail, a love
letter from your Heavenly Father. Have you read it today? Do not put it too far
from you.
Our mantra with God and his Holy Word needs
be:
“All Promises made; All Promises kept.”
The probability that a single person would
fulfill 8 of the prophecies of the Messiah is conservatively estimated at 1 in
10- to the 17th power! That is 1 chance in the number 10 followed by
17 zeros. The match probabilities for DNA profiles today typically are in the
order of 1 in a billion. (or 1 in 10 to 9th power) Again the 1 in 10
to 17 power is only for fulfilling 8 prophecies and with Jesus we are speaking of
fulfilling over 300 and counting.
If you are looking for the Messiah, just let
me say, we have got your man. He is
Jesus Christ of Nazareth. If you are seeking truth and promises that cannot
fail, open your love letter for it is full of prophecies about countries,
kings, prophets, those known and unknown at the time they were foretold, and all
came to fruition. Some hundreds of years later.
All
promises made; all promises kept. The promises that God made 4,000 years ago to
Abraham and yet to be completely fulfilled, are surely on the way and are as
real and sure to today as it would be if He made them an hour ago. Read your Bible daily and let God write it in
your heart.
By His Grace
B. Blake
