HIGHLANDS GRACE REFORMED CHURCH
516 N. Pine St.
Sebring, FL 33870
"For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.”
II Corinthians 1:20
For many months we’ve been assaulted with numerous promises by the candidates for various political offices in our country. These promises have been carefully selected to present those specific items that are of primary concern to the voters and have been packaged and presented with utmost attention to every detail. Smiling faces have assured us that our lives will be somehow wonderfully transformed and the tragic consequences of living in violation of God’s standards will amazingly evaporate if we’ll only select the candidate offering this marvelous solution to our troubles. Whether it’s health care, job security, the economy, the war on terrorism, foreign policy issues, moral issues, or whatever, these political magicians seem to have figured out a formula that they claim will resolve the most complex challenges we are facing. They tell us to check out the details of their plan on their convenient web site. Do you believe these political promises?
Honestly, most of us grow weary with the political posturing and empty promises. We know that whatever party is elected to office will likely prove incapable of dealing with the responsibility of dealing with all the promises they’ve made. The Bible doesn’t call this posturing, or politics as usual, or disappointing. It has a much stronger word – lie. When someone doesn’t keep their word, God calls it a lie. Broken promises are common in America. Many politicians are liars, and many of the citizens that they govern are liars, too. Think of all the broken promises in our lives. The consequences are horrible. Dreams and hopes are shattered. Hearts are scarred, relationships destroyed. People become disillusioned and distant. And the father of lies, the devil, leverages this as much as possible to encourage us to be skeptical, alienated, bitter, antagonistic and unbelieving. None of us are innocent in this matter. We’ve all sinned and come short of God’s glory.
But the Bible, God’s precious Word, tells us of one who promises and never, ever fails to keep his word. These promises aren’t little, insignificant things of no consequence. They pertain to every issue you’ll have to face, no matter how impossible you’ve found them in your experience. Monumental issues you can hardly understand much less solve are included. God never fails to keep his promises. In Jesus Christ they are all yea and amen to God’s glory. It would rob God of his honor if he failed to keep even one single promise, just one time.
At this season when men have lied by promising what they won’t or can’t do, rather than becoming disillusioned or angry, I encourage you to turn with relief and confidence to our wonderful, faithful God, and discover afresh his promises. Whatever you’re dealing with, whatever your needs at this very moment, God has promises that will minister hope and help exactly as you require. He wants us to trust him. This is the essence of the life of faith. And as you personally discover how faithful he is to you by appropriating his promises, see how he in turn makes you faithful to keep your word to those you make promises to. May God make you and I repairers of the breach, Isaiah 58:12, and restore relationships and heal broken hearts as we shine his light into a darkened and perverse generation to his glory.
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