Summer has arrived. We had our first 100-degree day last week. We have entered my least favorite season. I am not a summer person; I don’t like the heat. It is only the beginning of those hot days of summer and I am already longing for autumn, my most favorite time of the year. Those of you who love the heat are reveling in it now – and hating the idea of its passing into autumn.
There is one thing that both heat lovers and heat haters can rely on, that is, God’s faithfulness. I know that summer will turn into autumn, and the heat lovers know that spring will turn into summer. God has established the seasons in His faithfulness.
God’s faithfulness is established in other ways also. Listen to what Paul said to the church in Corinth: “But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not ‘Yes’ and ‘No.’ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by me and Silas and Timothy, was not ‘Yes’ and ‘No,’ but in him it has always been ‘Yes.’ 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. [2 Cor 1:18-20 NIV]
All of God’s promises … ALL of God’s promises are “Yes” in Christ Jesus. We can say, “Amen (It is so!)” to them. Take a moment and think about that, really think about that. What is the first promise that comes to your mind? We each will probably think of something different. I know what mine is, the first promise of God I ever read in Scripture after I was saved. It is the promise of God that I cling to in the times when I fail or struggle or face what seems like overwhelming difficulties. Philippians 1:6: “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” [NIV]
God is going to finish what He started in me. That is “Yes” in Christ Jesus! AMEN (It is so!).
