Psalm 119:140

Psalm 119:140

Loving the promises

It could be argued that every Word from God is a promise! His Words never change, His intentions never falter, once spoken no Word from Him is ever redacted or revised. God’s Word does not need editing or updating, it stands for all time and cannot be changed. God first spoke to the earth 6,000 years ago and His first Words were “Let there be light.” Since then, His promises have been fulfilled and upheld for countless generations, and they have never been disproved. That is why we can rely on His Word and everything it tells us about what will be in the future. Men and women throughout the ages have been able to put their trust in the promises of God and have seen that trust rewarded again and again. Let’s never give up on the Word, let’s build our lives upon the Word, let’s rely on that Word with unwavering faith that it will always come good.

Because of the unfathomable certainty that this Word produces, because it is woven seamlessly into his life, the author of the Psalm has come to trust it more than anyone or anything. That level of trust has developed a love within him, a love for the promises of the Lord, and a high level of dependency that washes over him and fills him time and again with hope and certainty that He is in the hands of One who deeply loves him, and amidst all the deception and capriciousness of men, One who will always keep His promises.

Do we have that kind of confidence in the Word of God? Do we believe that He will always honour His promises and that He never breaks His Word? Do we dare to build our lives around His truth and doggedly stick to that truth whatever the circumstances? That is faith, not just faith in a person but faith also in everything He says. Such faith develops into a passionate love for the Lord because the journey assures us, again and again, that His Word is true, and He never breaks it. Hallelujah! 

 

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