Promises, promises!

This morning I began my face time with the Lord reading in 2 Corinthians 1 when I came across vs 20 which says:

For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ!

We often hear that all of God's promises are Yes and Amen and while we may be quick to shout an Amen to that, do we really believe it? God has promised me some things and He has promised you some things. But often, we lose sight of the promise and we forget to remind God of His promise. Of course, He's not like man and easily forgets His promises. He knows each and everyone of them but I think as we remind Him of the promises He's made to us, we, in turn, remind ourselves of what He's promised and our hope is revived!

From reading in 2 Corinthians, I returned to my study in Genesis and wound up in Genesis 18:14. When I read it I had to stop in my tracks.
Let me give you the scene and context of this verse. Abraham is chillin outside his tent and he ends up with some visitors on his tent step (I had some of those visitors this morning but mine were Jehovah's Witnesses!) :) Anyway, the visitors are messengers from the Lord and are basically bringing the good news that Sarah is about to become prego. Sarah is ancient by this time and finds it quite hilarious that God would bring life back to her seemingly dead womb and she LOL (well, to herself the Bible says). The Lord basically proceeds to put Sarah in her place and asks her this question:

"Is anything too hard for the Lord?" Genesis 18:14

WOW! How often have I lived like a situation, a problem, a circumstance was too hard for the Lord?! Lord, forgive me! You are bigger than my situations and NOTHING is too difficult for you!

What about you? Do you really believe that nothing is too hard for the Lord? What we believe will come out in our behaviors. If we believe that God has "it" under control, then we will be at peace. If we believe that God loves us and has our best in mind, we won't try to force things or make something happen in and of ourselves.

Fast forward to chapter 21:1:
"Now THE LORD WAS GRACIOUS to Sarah as he had said, AND THE LORD DID for Sarah WHAT HE HAD PROMISED."

THE LORD WAS GRACIOUS! He is so full of grace! The reality is that we don't deserve any of the blessings that the promises He makes hold but because of His grace and because of His faithfulness He does what He promises. He is not a man that He should lie! He doesn't tell us things to shut us up or to appease us. He doesn't make a promise that He doesn't intend to keep!

AND THE LORD DID! Only God can fulfill His promises. We often try to help Him out but He doesn't need or want our help. Nothing is too hard for Him but we act like "it" is. When we try to help God out, Ishmael's happen and Hagar troubles abound(see Genesis 16).

WHAT HE HAD PROMISED!  What are the promises He has spoken to you? Have you forgotten about them? Have you grown weary in waiting for them to be manifested in your life? If so, I challenge you to remind God of what He has spoken to you. Remind Him of His Word which is the compilation of His promises to His people. In reminding Him, we remind ourselves and our hope is stirred and restored. We can also look back at our life and remind ourselves of all of the times that His promises came to pass!

God is the same yesterday, today and forever! He is the best Promise Keeper that ever lived! Thank you God for all of the promises you have spoken to me about my future! Thank you for the promises that are already manifested in my life! Thank you for your graciousness and your faithfulness to me and my friends! Yes! And Amen! :)