OCTOBER 25

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

Genesis 9:16

“And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.”

Genesis 28:15

“ And, behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places where you go, and will bring you again into this land; for I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken to you of.”

Joshua 23:14                                                                                                   

“you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God has spoken concerning you; all have come to pass for you, and not one thing has failed.”

Psalm 36:5

“Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens;  Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.”

I Corinthians 10:13

“No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”

II Peter 3:9

“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”

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This month we will read choices from Charles Spurgeon’s (known affectionately as the “prince of preachers”)  devotional, “Beside Still Waters.”   It’s no secret that this world system is getting more evil by the day.  We have to stand strong in the Lord and look to Him more than ever to get through, and to be guided through, what is in the future……..known and allowed  by Him alone…..as well as whatever personal things we are experiencing in our lives.

PASTOR SPURGEON:

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Can our heavenly Father be unkind? 

“Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!  For His mercy endures forever,” (Psalm 136:1).   His name, His essence, is love, and “His mercy endures forever.”  He is the unchangeable God, the one “with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” (James 1:17).

Can God is indifferent to His children?  “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”  (Luke 11:13).

Have you ever felt that you would joyfully take your child’s pain to relieve his or her suffering?  Do you think that as a poor, fallen creature you have love and compassion, but that your heavenly Father has none?  You may say with Jeremiah:

“this I recall to mind, therefore I have hope.  Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.  They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3;21-23).

Remember these verses and know that the lord cannot be careless about your welfare.

The eternal Jehovah loves you and chose you before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4).  The snowcapped  mountains are newborn babies compared with His love for you.  He chose you! 

Jeremiah 31:3 says: “The Lord has appeared of old to me saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.”  (That is for all of us who have given our lives to our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.)

God has had billions of people to deal with.  Yet there does not stand under heaven’s cover, or above the stars, or in hell itself a single soul who can say that God is not absolutely faithful.  No item in the list of our divine promises is unfulfilled.  God remembers every promise that He ever made, and He honors each in the experience of those who believe in Him. 

They who trust in the Lord will find Him faithful, not only in big things, but also in little things.  His faintest word will stand firm and steadfast.  His least truth will never grow dim.

Even when we do not believe, God remains faithful.  His children might rebel.  They might wander far from His statutes and be chastened by Him.   Nevertheless, He says, “My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow My faithfulness to fail.  My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.”  (Psalm 89:33-34).

Isaiah tells us what the Lord says in Isaiah 43:25:

“I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins.”   Thus, no sin of ours can make  God unfaithful.

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