Introduction
- Counting on God’s Promises is a call for all the children of God to learn to absolutely rely on the declared sworn blessing of God
- When you need God’s comfort and reassurance, His promises is what you can turn unto
- The word of God is the repository and the bank of solution to everyone in need of way out of every and any matter-1 Peter 5:7;Hebrews 13:5;James 1:5; Psalm 121:1-2;John 14:27: Isaiah 26:3
Understanding God’s promises: The meaning, the nature and Accessing the promises
It is a declaration of God’s will, wherein He signifies what particular good things he will freely bestow, and the evils that he will remove- Psalm 91; Joshua 21:43-45
A divine promise declares God’s goodwill, purpose, and intention toward sinners and believers.- 2 Chron.7:14; John 3:16. It reveals what the Lord our God will do on our behalf; not what He hopes to do or will attempt to perform
The promises of God are the objects of our faith in the one who make the promise. Faith make us believe whatever is promised because of the One who promised it and our faith in Him . We may believe the promises of God because they are the promises of God, not the promises of man. Balaam urges this belief in God’s promises in Numbers 23:19, saying:
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
The promises of God are sure words to be believed because God stands behind them. Whatever is believed without a promise is only presumed (Heb. 11:11; Romans 4:18-21).
God has covenanted Himself to every promise He had made, so believing the said word shouldn’t a problem.
God’s promises are the spoken words of God- sure, irrevocable and infallible- 2 Peter 1:9; Isaiah 55:10-11; ; Heb.6:13-18
Promise of God is the good that God purposes and intends to do for children now and tomorrow: He reveals to us ahead of time by way of a promise, to grant us present comfort and to draw forth hope and expectancy. Thus, a promise is both the ground of present comfort and the expectation of future blessings.- Jeremiah 29:11; Heb.13:5; 1 Peter 5:7; Psalm 68:19
God’s promises are objects of our hope and expectations: Faith believes those things that God has promised are true, and hope expects the performance of what faith believes. We hope for what we believe because our faith is rooted in the sure Word spoken by Him who cannot lie.- 2 Chron.20:20
We hope for what God has promised us because we are unable to look for anything besides what He has already declared He will bestow- 2 Cor.1:20. Nothing else is greater than the promise of God. If we hope for the things the Lord has promised us, our hope is solid. Without God’s promises, we are either hopeless or overly hopeful.
God’s promises is covenant-linked and it commits the integrity of God– Psalm 89:34 “My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips”. When a promise is made, one may be doubtful as to whether the fellow making the promise will fulfill it or not; but when the fellow backs up the promise with an oath – swearing- that’s become a binding covenant. God put His Almightiness, Holiness, Righteousness, Most Highness and Sovereignty on the line to fulfilled whatever He has promised- – 2 Chron.7:18; Luke 1: 32-33
The promises of God are the rule and basis of our prayer as children of God. Just as we hope for and believe what God has promised, so we must pray for what God has promised. David makes this evident in 2 Samuel 7:27- 29, when he prays,
Having the promise of God in hand not only emboldened David’s hope and strengthened his faith, but it also fed and informed his prayer. Truly, we do not have a prayer without the promises of God.
God’s Promises get us covered- Jeremiah 17-7-8
Nothing else give assurance that pays and guarantees survival, safety and security besides the promises of God
- God’s promises guarantees all round fruitfulness and flourishing – Psalm 1:3; Ezekiel 31:4-6
- God’s promises cast out fear away from the mind of God’s children- Isaiah 41:10;
- God’s promises provide comfort and calmness even in adverse circumstances – Psalm 23:4; Isaiah 43:2; Exodus 13:21-22
- People living in promise of God doesn’t suffer loss or set back – Prov. 4:18
- Believers under God’s covenanted promises bother not about the prevailing situation but remain connected with heavenly resources – Psalm 91:5-7; Phil. 4:7