“Promise Keeper”

 Psalm 119:49-50

Remember Your promise to me, for it is my only hope.

Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles.  (NLT)

     Before I surrendered my sin-filled life to the Lord, I was taught to put all of my hopes and dreams in the things and ways of the world, leaving God out of the equation altogether.   And after many years of working hard and thinking like the world, I discovered that the things of this world could never fully satisfy, nor could they last.  Unfortunately, most of us go through a process I call humanistic osmosis; blindly following the world unaware of the dire consequences when this life is over.  Like so many, I lived my life believing the way to happiness and contentment was found by traveling the roads that the world paves.  And unbeknownst to me, I spent most of my adult life running with the world and feeling short-changed, which left me empty and depressed.   Little did I know that God was allowing me to discover the truth about this fallen life the old fashion way of trial and error, allowing me to make humanistic decisions that lead to failure, hoping I would learn from the consequences.

     There usually comes a time when many of us finally realize that the world with all its resources cannot satisfy the desires of our hearts and soul, nor can they fully satisfy the hungers of our sinful flesh.   And it is with this discovery that I begin to wallow in my hopelessness, succumbing to the weakness of my sinful flesh, and I began sinking into the darkness of defeat.  If ever you find yourself in this dark place, my friends, don’t give up or give in to the lies of this wicked world, because there is promised hope in the Savior of the world, Christ Jesus.  And when you come humbly to the foot of the Cross and nail your old life of sin to it, you will be given a new life that is right with God and forever lasting.   You will experience the promised victory over this fallen world that offers you everything, but delivers only the darkness of death.

                                             A Whisper of Hope

I Am, dear child... the Keeper of promises.  I came to save you from this deceitful world that seeks to destroy your heart and kill your soul.  The world can promise you nothing that is good or lasting, but what I promise is beyond your imagination and is forever!  I promise you a piece of Heaven's glory that I paid for with My blood and death. 

2 Peter 1:3-4

As we know Jesus better, His divine power gives us everything we need for 

living a godly life.  He has called us to receive His own glory and goodness!  

And by that same mighty power, He has given us all of His rich and wonder-

ful promises.  He has promised that you will escape the decadence all around 

you caused by evil desires and that you will share in His Divine Nature.  (NLT)

               Without wavering, let us hold tightly 

                        to the hope we say we have,

           for God can be trusted to keep His promise.

                                  (Hebrews 10:23)