His Rest Assured!
"By which have been given to us exceedingly great and
precious promises, that through these you may be partakers
of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in
the world through lust."
2 Peter 1: 4
Promises bring the future or the past in the present. “I promise I did
what you asked” means bringing the assurance of a past action into
the present. “I promise I will get it done” means being assured in the
present of something in the future.
In both cases, assurance is the result—
or should be the result—of a promise.
But a promise is only as good as the trustworthiness of
the promise-maker. For that reason, we are able to rest
assured that what God promises, God will perform.
God’s promises—His words to His people—reflect His character.
God is true and His words are true (Psalm 119:160; John 17:17).
If God, who is perfect in His being, ever failed to keep a promise,
He would cease to be God (Titus 1:2).
God’s promises are great and precious. By embracing them,
we partake of the nature and character of God—and become
more faithful promise makers and promise keepers ourselves.
Rest assured: God’s words are true.
"Faith always sees the rainbow of
covenant promise whenever sense
sees the cloud of affliction."
Charles H. Spurgeon
