Psalm 89:34 34My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
When God promises you something, do you take Him at His Word?
Or do you, like Abraham, ask, “Lord God, how shall I know that
I will inherit it?” (Genesis 15:8)
God did not reprimand Abraham for failing to take Him at His
Word. That is how gracious God is to His people. He even came
down to Abraham’s level of faith and did something to assure
Abraham that He would always keep His promises — He made a
covenant with Abraham. (Genesis 15:9–17)
God did not do it for His own benefit. God is a God of His
Word. He does not break His Word. But He bound Himself to a
covenant because He knew that Abraham needed to know in his
heart that God would do whatever He had promised him.
Man finds it hard to just believe words. For example, when
you buy a house, a contract is drawn up and signed by both
parties, and lawyers are involved. You need a contract because
you cannot trust the other person’s words and he cannot trust
yours either.
Likewise, we find it hard to take God at His Word. So God
made a covenant with us, not because He cannot be trusted, but
because He knows that we find it hard to just believe what He
says. God knows that man will wonder, “What if God wakes up on
the wrong side of His bed tomorrow and decides to fry me
instead of bless me?”
But because God has made a new covenant with us, which is
established by the blood of His Son, we can, like Abraham, not
waver through unbelief regarding the promises of God, but be
strengthened in our faith, being fully persuaded that God will
do as He has promised. (Romans 4:20–21) We have the assurance
that God will not wake up one day and say, “Forget the new
covenant. I want to remember your sins now and curse you
instead of bless you!”
My friend, the new covenant blessings for you are guaranteed
because God has bound Himself to the covenant. And He is a
covenant-keeping God who is willing and more than able to do
everything He has promised you!
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