He Will Do What He Has Promised

"God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: hath He said, and shall He not do it? or hath He spoken, and shall He not make it good?"

~Numbers 23:19

 I feel that so often we hold God up to standards conceived by us as men. Standards that we perceive to be good based on what we know has humans. As if we forget that God is not a human. As if we forget that His standards and abilities are measured by a different quotient as He is not a man. He created us, why would we think He is bound by our rules? It's hard for our minds to comprehend something that is all powerful but that's what He is. 

If He promises us something we can have faith that He will bring it to pass because He is all powerful. He doesn't lie and if He said He will do something for you that means He will do it. He will never accidentally fail to provide what He said He will provide. He is able to do all things and He has and will continue to fulfill all His promises.

Do Not Forget

"For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord or lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt. Fear the Lord your God and serve him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name."

-Deuteronomy 10:17-20

Oh, is not the Lord wonderful, and great, and mighty? Do not forget who you serve! Do not forget who it is that is behind the spinning of the earth, and the rising and setting of the sun! Do not forget who it is that sent His son to die for your sins!

And do not forget who you are. Do not forget that you have sinned. Do not forget that you are human and need a savior. Do not forget that we are all foreigners and as Christians, our homes are not here on this Earth but that we will one day be going to our heavenly homes!

I am NOT ashamed

Reading those bible verses just inspires me and causes me to take pause and think about Christians and Christianity today.

How many of us can truly say, as Christians, we are not ashamed? How many of us can say that we are not ashamed when we suffer things because we are Christians? That's when it's really difficult. Paul was thrown in prison and yet he declared he was not ashamed. Most of us won't even take a dirty look from somebody for taking a stand against mainstream popular opinions.

The thing is that it's not about you and never has been. It's about HIM. Don't be ashamed if you know in WHOM you have believed and that HE IS ABLE. Through Him all things are possible. "...If God be for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31)

Deborah

Keep Mercy and Judgment

In All Thy Ways Acknowledge Him

Psalm 120:1