{"id":1693,"date":"2017-04-07T15:53:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T20:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desiringgodchurch.org\/web\/?p=1693"},"modified":"2017-04-07T15:53:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T20:53:19","slug":"god-is-faithful-to-his-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.desiringgodchurch.org\/web\/2017\/04\/07\/god-is-faithful-to-his-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"God Is Faithful To His Promises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNot one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass\u201d (Joshua 21:45).<\/p>\n<p>Think of the promises God had made to the house of Israel \u2013 including those made before Israel existed!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>God promised that Abraham\u2019s descendants would inherit the land of Canaan (Genesis 13:14-17).<\/li>\n<li>God promised Abraham that He would bring his descendants out of slavery with great possessions (Genesis 15:13-14).<\/li>\n<li>Hundreds of years later, God promised that He would use Moses to rescue the people from slavery in Egypt (Exodus 3:7-10).<\/li>\n<li>God promised that He would harden Pharaoh\u2019s heart so that he would not let Israel go, even after Moses conducted miracles (Exodus 4:21).<\/li>\n<li>Yet God promised eventually Pharaoh would drive the Israelites out of Egypt (Exodus 6:1).<\/li>\n<li>God promised that He would not just bring the people out of Egypt, but that He would bring them to Himself (Exodus 6:6-8).<\/li>\n<li>God promised plague after plague after plague on the Egyptians \u2013 and they all came about (Exodus 7 to 10).<\/li>\n<li>God promised that the firstborn in every house in Egypt would die, but not in the houses of the Israelites (Exodus 11:4-7).<\/li>\n<li>God promised that the Israelites would walk across the Red Sea on dry land, but the Egyptians would drown (Exodus 14:13-18).<\/li>\n<li>God promised that He would provide meat and bread to the people in the desert (Exodus 16:11-12).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We could go on and on. God promised direction in their travels, defeat of enemies, parting of yet more waters \u2013 and all came about.<\/p>\n<p>The people had doubted and murmured; the enemies had been strong and powerful. But God fulfilled every promise &#8211; despite the enemy, despite the people&#8217;s lack of faith.<\/p>\n<p>So, what about you? Do you trust God to fulfill His promises? And do you recognize the greatness of those promises? Here are a few on which to meditate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jesus will return with power and great glory (Matthew 24:30).<\/li>\n<li>He will reign over an eternal Kingdom of righteousness and peace (Isaiah 9:6-7).<\/li>\n<li>Jesus will destroy Satan and his minions (Revelation 20:10).<\/li>\n<li>God will complete the good work He has begun in you (Philippians 1:6).<\/li>\n<li>Indeed, we will be like Him (1 John 3:2).<\/li>\n<li>God will bring to Himself through faith in Jesus those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation (Revelation 7:9-10).<\/li>\n<li>Throughout this life, He will watch over you and guide you, and then bring you to Himself forever (Psalm 23:6).<\/li>\n<li>He will work all things together for your good and His glory (Romans 8:28).<\/li>\n<li>God will so work that at the Name of Jesus every knee will bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord, to God\u2019s glory (Philippians 2:10-11).<\/li>\n<li>God will wipe every tear from your eyes, having ended death and mourning and crying and pain (Revelation 21:6).<\/li>\n<li>God will rejoice over us, His people, with loud singing (Zephaniah 3:17).<\/li>\n<li>By the blood of Jesus, you are declared fully righteous; He will remember your sins no more (Romans 3:21-25, Hebrews 10:11-18).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He has sworn by Himself that this is so &#8211; and it is impossible for God to lie! So hold fast to the confession of your hope without wavering (Hebrews 6:13-19); stand firm on His level ground, not sliding down into unbelief (Psalm 26); eagerly anticipate the fulfillment of every promise. For He is the faithful God, who keeps His covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commands (Deuteronomy 7:9).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNot one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass\u201d (Joshua 21:45). 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