Embracing GODS promises in Troubling Times
- Eagle Wings
- Oct 27, 2024
- 6 min read
How can we help ourselfs when we are going through the fire, in our sportual walks? when we are going through the storms and we are needing GOD to help calm it? what can we do to help us in these trying times? we can remember what YAHUVEH GODS Word the Bible tells us , HIS promises for HIS children.
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It isnt always easy, to reflect, to want to read YAHS scriptures when we face these times where we are litereally wanting to give up, but it is so crucial and so important that we don't allow the enemey to cause us to NOT want to read YAHUVEH GODS Word. This is a powerful weapon also against the devil. It can help strengthen us, it can help comfort us, it can help encourage us when we need those reminders that we are not alone and that GOD is always with us to help us through anything. When you feel weak and weary, pick up the Bible or search on your phones computers whatever you are able to do and read some verses on HIS promises. I can gurantee it will make you feel good, and help you be strengthen to press onward.
Let's take a look at HIS promises HE mentions in the Bible:
Eternal life for those who receive and beleive in HIS son YAHUSHUA(JESUS)
Becoming a New Creation- the old is gone the new is here
GODS presence and courage to face the things we have to go through
Blessings for obedience- obeying HIM
Deliverance-from anything
Overcoming- being Overcomes through YAHUSHUA(JESUS)
Comfort from the HOLY SPIRIT
Peace that surpasses all understanding
Hope
He is always with us and will never leave us
Strength- HE sustains us and helps us
True Rest, and refreshment on Shabbats especially the Sabbath Fruday sunset-until Saturday Susnet
No more pain no more sorrow in Heaven
Healing- HE heals us, as our Faith allows it and if its in HIS will
Mercy & Grace- even though we do not deserve it
SPIRIT of power, love and self-control
Heavenly Home- one day we will be in our Heavenly home, as long as we remain faithful loyal and obey HIM and have Faith, and strive for Holiness
We can always depend and rely on HIM, HE knows us better then anyone does
HE can help us to live Holy and to become pure
HE strengthens us out of our weaknesses, when we are weak we are made strong
HE can take our fear away, the ungodly fear, that makes us afraid, HE can give us Courage
The Bible is filled with the promises of GOD From Genesis to Revelation we read of normal people that received the promises of GOD. These promises are sealed by the highest authority, GODs word. In Hebrews 6:13 it says, "For when GOD made a promise to Abraham since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself."
How Can We Trust in GOD's Promises?
When GOD makes a promise to his people, it will come to pass. What is a promise? A promise is a covenant or declaration that one will do exactly what they say or something will happen just as pledged.
We Can Count on GODs Promises Because of GOD’s Character
First of all, he’s not a man. He’s not human. He doesn’t have a fallen nature. He’s never sinned, never lied. He is the essence of righteousness and can’t lie. He is the truth and only speaks the truth.
We Can Count On GODs Promises Because GOD is Unchanging
Unlike us, GOD never changes in his person or his purposes. We may change our minds as we age, or our situation changes or we get more information. But God doesn’t decide to do something then a thousand years later realized it was a bad decision.
We Can Count On GOD's Promises Because of His Infinite Wisdom
Because of his infinite wisdom, when he makes a promise, it’s the best possible promise he can make. He won’t discover later he could have made a better promise. God never needs to make course corrections. He doesn’t make it up as he goes along. He knows the end from the beginning.
If he has said it, he will do it. If he has spoken it, he will fulfill it. He’s not messing around with your life. For these reasons, we should trust God’s promises and heed his warnings.
He’s going to do what he said. Sooner or later. Even if it hasn’t happened yet. Even if you can’t see how he could possibly fulfill it. Even if your eyes, ears, mind and feelings are screaming it can’t happen.
If GOD has made unshakable promises, we should devour his word. I want to know all GODS promised. I want to know what I can pray for. What I can count on. What to hang my hope on when everything around looks bleak.
If we drift from reading GODs word, our faith will wane, our prayer life will wane, our joy will wane and our hope will wane.
So let’s read GODs word, grab on to his promises, then say in the face of hopelessness, GOD is not a man. He won’t lie or change his mind. He said it, so he’ll do it. I believe it. Thank you, my unchanging Lord! (excerpt provided by Mark Altrogge, theblazingcenter.com)
Promises of GOD in the Old Testament
Genesis: "Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.” (Genesis 17:4)
When GOD spoke to Abraham (Genesis 17:4) he declared that he would bless him and make him a father of many nations. This is exactly what we see throughout the Bible and history. GODs promise here is called the Abrahamic Covenant and is prophecy of the coming Messiah through the bloodline of Abraham.
Exodus: "And GOD heard their groaning, and GOD remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the people of Israel—and God knew.” (Exodus 2:24-25)
One of the greatest promises GOD made in history was the deliverance of his people from Egyptian slavery. GOD would call a man by the name of Moses to declare to Pharaoh that it was time for his people to be set free. Pharaoh didn't take GODs word seriously, and the effect was catastrophic.
We read of the many plagues GOD sent in Egypt that led Pharaoh, in the end, to release GODs people only to regret it and cause more problems for his armies. The nation of Israel crossed the red sea and was set free after 430 years of slavery.
Deuteronomy: "The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath if you keep the commands of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him." (Deuteronomy 28:9)
God made a promise to the nation of Israel, that if they kept his commandments he would bless them abundantly. If they would obey his word and truth, he would set them high above all the nations on the earth.
Joshua: “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your GOD will be with you wherever you go." (Joshua 1:9)
In the book of Joshua GOD would speak through him to encourage the people of Israel to not be discouraged, to not be afraid, God promises that He is with them wherever they go. In the middle of the storm, he is right there. The same is true for you and me. God is near, ready and willing to help.
1 Samuel: "The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” (1 Samuel 16:1)
Saul had been the one that the Lord chose to rule as king. The problem with Saul was that he didn't listen to the Lord and disobeyed his orders. God then decided that David would be the New King. His word was sealed in heaven and David ruled and became king.
Psalms: "Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers." (Psalms 1:1-3)
GOD promises blessing for those who walk according to His Word - those who obey His commandments and do not follow the wicked.
Isaiah: "But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." (Isaiah 40:31)
Thanks to :50 of God's Promises from the Bible - Old and New Testament (christianity.com) for this part*
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