Does God Keep His Promises?
One of the hardest things we deal with as humans is when we let someone down, or someone else fails to keep the promise they have made to us. The reality is we have all been on both sides of this equation. Often what happens is we over promise and under deliver. Sometimes our motivation is to get the praise of others, or earn recognition. But what happens when we don't deliver is that people are less likely to trust us the next time we make a promise.
Today's psalm is one that is praise song that uplifts God's greatness, and how we are to make Him known among the nations. Remember "nations" always stands for those who are not part of God's people. Meaning God has made Himself known to the Israelites so that all people might know Him. This is the ultimate reason why God is faithful so people will know He is the One true God!
The other huge reason why the psalm praises God, is that God keeps His promises. God kept His covenant with Abraham through giving him a son in his old age. He also confirmed this with His Son Issac, and grandson Jacob. Despite their human shortcomings, God kept His promises. And then the psalmist recounts when God brought Israel out of Egypt, and how the plagues made Egypt glad to get rid of them. And then God appeared in a cloud by day and fire by night. He had water gush from the rock, and manna and quail to fall from the sky. These were the stories the Israelites told their children not only to point to God's power and provision, but also his faithfulness, even when His people were not.
So as you look back on your life can you see the ways God has kept His promises with you? Despite the bad circumstances you have encountered, God has promised to make all things work together for good. Maybe you have witnessed this, or are in the middle of waiting for God to show you how. The one thing we see throughout Scripture is that God has never gone back on a promise. And His ultimate promise was fulfilled when His Son, Jesus came to show us the way, the truth and the life. And Jesus too never went back on a promise. Jesus promised He would come back and take his followers to be with Him forever. If God has never failed to keep a promise there is really no evidence to think He would now.
So the question is do we really trust the promises God has made to us? My life hasn't been perfect or easy, but honestly I have never seen God go back on a promise. In fact, it is often during the hard times in our lives when we hold on to God's promises and realize their fulfillment in ways we couldn't imagine. I can't really talk you into believing God's promises. The only way you can find out is to trust in them for your own life. Trusting God might be hard because others near to us might not have kept the promises they have made to us. Unfortunately as humans we make and break promises, but if God is God is really God shouldn't we at least try to take Him at His Word and see if delivers!
Psalm 105
1 Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.
2 Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell of all his wonderful acts.
3 Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.
5 Remember the wonders he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,
his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
7 He is the Lord our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He remembers his covenant forever,
the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
9 the covenant he made with Abraham,
the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan
as the portion you will inherit.”
Psalm 105:37-45
37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,
and from among their tribes no one faltered.
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
because dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39 He spread out a cloud as a covering,
and a fire to give light at night.
40 They asked, and he brought them quail;
he fed them well with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a river in the desert.
42 For he remembered his holy promise
given to his servant Abraham.
43 He brought out his people with rejoicing,
his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
44 he gave them the lands of the nations,
and they fell heir to what others had toiled for—
45 that they might keep his precepts
and observe his laws.
Today's psalm is one that is praise song that uplifts God's greatness, and how we are to make Him known among the nations. Remember "nations" always stands for those who are not part of God's people. Meaning God has made Himself known to the Israelites so that all people might know Him. This is the ultimate reason why God is faithful so people will know He is the One true God!
The other huge reason why the psalm praises God, is that God keeps His promises. God kept His covenant with Abraham through giving him a son in his old age. He also confirmed this with His Son Issac, and grandson Jacob. Despite their human shortcomings, God kept His promises. And then the psalmist recounts when God brought Israel out of Egypt, and how the plagues made Egypt glad to get rid of them. And then God appeared in a cloud by day and fire by night. He had water gush from the rock, and manna and quail to fall from the sky. These were the stories the Israelites told their children not only to point to God's power and provision, but also his faithfulness, even when His people were not.
So as you look back on your life can you see the ways God has kept His promises with you? Despite the bad circumstances you have encountered, God has promised to make all things work together for good. Maybe you have witnessed this, or are in the middle of waiting for God to show you how. The one thing we see throughout Scripture is that God has never gone back on a promise. And His ultimate promise was fulfilled when His Son, Jesus came to show us the way, the truth and the life. And Jesus too never went back on a promise. Jesus promised He would come back and take his followers to be with Him forever. If God has never failed to keep a promise there is really no evidence to think He would now.
So the question is do we really trust the promises God has made to us? My life hasn't been perfect or easy, but honestly I have never seen God go back on a promise. In fact, it is often during the hard times in our lives when we hold on to God's promises and realize their fulfillment in ways we couldn't imagine. I can't really talk you into believing God's promises. The only way you can find out is to trust in them for your own life. Trusting God might be hard because others near to us might not have kept the promises they have made to us. Unfortunately as humans we make and break promises, but if God is God is really God shouldn't we at least try to take Him at His Word and see if delivers!
Psalm 105
1 Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.
2 Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell of all his wonderful acts.
3 Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.
5 Remember the wonders he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,
his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
7 He is the Lord our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He remembers his covenant forever,
the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
9 the covenant he made with Abraham,
the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan
as the portion you will inherit.”
Psalm 105:37-45
37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,
and from among their tribes no one faltered.
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
because dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39 He spread out a cloud as a covering,
and a fire to give light at night.
40 They asked, and he brought them quail;
he fed them well with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a river in the desert.
42 For he remembered his holy promise
given to his servant Abraham.
43 He brought out his people with rejoicing,
his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
44 he gave them the lands of the nations,
and they fell heir to what others had toiled for—
45 that they might keep his precepts
and observe his laws.
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