APRIL 16

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

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Psalm 90:1-2

“Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.

Before the mountains were brought forth,

Or ever You had formed the earth and the world,

Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.”

Ecclesiastes 3:11

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.”

Isaiah 40:28

“Have you not known?

Have you not heard?

The everlasting God, the Lord,

The Creator of the ends of the earth,

Neither faints nor is weary.

His understanding is unsearchable.”

Jeremiah 31:3

“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.”

Isaiah 61:8

“For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery for burnt offering; I will direct their work in truth, And will make with them an everlasting covenant.”

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

2 Thessalonians 2:16

“Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace,”

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Our book for this month  is called “100 NAMES OF GOD”  written by Christopher D. Hudson.  Each day we’ll take one Hebrew name for God as given in the Bible to study and relate to.

EL OLAM

THE EVERLASTING GOD, THE ETERNAL GOD

Genesis 21:33

“Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.”

Companies eventually pass from one owner to another. Whether it’s a family business passed down from one generation to the next, or a larger corporation snatching up a rival, such transactions typically result in uncertainty.  Sometimes in the aftermath of such a transition, a business goes under or becomes unrecognizable. It’s a reminder that no business, no matter how solid, is forever.  Brands come and go.  At some point, even Apple, Amazon, and Google will be no more.

God is the great exception.  He is the one CEO, if you will, who reigns forever and ever.  His kingdom is the one entity that will never end.  This is because He is EL OLAM, which is Hebrew for ETERNAL, EVERLASTING, OR FOREVER.  God is impervious to time and change.  As the everlasting God, He will never cash in His stock options and hand over the reins to someone else.

Among the many great things about a God who is everlasting is that He can make everlasting agreements!  He made an unending covenant with Noah that He would never again flood the whole earth.  He made an eternal covenant with Abraham that He would be his offspring’s God forever.  EL OLAM also makes an irrevocable promise to those who put their faith in Jesus Christ:  They will have new, true spiritual life forever.  Only EL OLAM, the Eternal God, can make audacious promises:   “This is what the Lord says – Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last:  apart from me there is no God.”  This is in Isaiah 44:6.

Because God is eternal, our redemption is secure.  Our salvation is guaranteed to last.  God does not run a business that He will one day sell to the highest bidder.

Our future is sure and secure because we serve the Eternal God.

In what ways does the eternal nature of God give you confidence?

PRAYER

Thank You, Eternal Father, for giving me a tiny inkling of what eternity means.  Thank you for being an everlasting God who pledges to save me eternally.  Amen

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