Promises Promises
"For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us." (2 Corinthians 1:20
NKJV) [1]
Has God ever spoken to you through your spirit and given you a promise? After a while did it seem like God had forgotten the promise He gave to you? You are not the only one this has happened to. God spoke directly to Moses and told him exactly what was going to happen and what to do. Moses went to Pharaoh and asked him to let them go worship their God. Pharaoh hardened his heart as God said he would and made it harder for the Israelites. Then they came to Moses and fussed at him. Then the following happened:
"Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, "Lord, why have you brought this trouble on your people? Is this why you sent me here? I went to the king and said what you told me to say, but ever since that time he has made the people suffer. And you have done nothing to save them." (Exodus 5:22-23
NCV) [2]
God then reminded Moses of the wonders that he and Aaron would perform in front of Pharaoh. God again promised Moses that the Israelites would leave Egypt.
God does make promises, but they may take longer than we think. God may do this to test us to see if we will remain faithful while we wait for Him to work. Sometimes the promise has come but the demons cloud our eyes to that fact by creating other problems or similar problems. Then we don't look at the great thing that God has done and see the new problems and forget about what God has done.
When God gives you a promise, don't look at your circumstances, look only to God. May we all say like Job:
"Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him" (Job 13:15a KJV) [3]
Dean W. Masters
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