The great promises we hold to will only be as great as the God in whom we believe.
Paul tells us in his first letter to the Corinthians that no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.
He adds that while no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God, God has given us His Spirit to indwell us so that we may understand what God has freely given us. [1 Corinthians 2]
People make promises all the time … we’re in the middle of a political run for the presidency. Promises abound. Everyone has a promise … few of which will be kept. By their very nature promises are based on the power and character of those making them. Circumstances intervene. Situations evolve. People change their minds. And just like that the promises we’ve trusted are set aside by the very people who gave them to us.
Unfortunately, we can become a bit jaded because of so many un-kept promises. We trust no one. We believe nothing we read, and little of what we see and hear. We might even carry that attitude into our relationship with God. We apply the same doubt to the promises of God that we apply to the promises of man.
But God is not man that He should lie. In fact, God cannot lie. And there are no circumstances, or situations that are powerful enough to overcome or tilt the slightest bit what God has promised. God will not change His mind, He changes not. The great promises that we hold to are every bit as great as the God in whom we believe!
