December 3, 1998, Thursday

Were the promises of God made for all people to trust

and believe that they are true? What quality did King

David have that made him a man after God's own heart?

What examples or proof is there that God will keep His

His promise to me?

Paul tells us that he had an earnest will to pursue the

legalistic route of the Pharisees until he understood

the promises of God--"Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ

by the will of God, according to the promise of life

which is in Christ Jesus" (2Tim 1:1). He found that

those promises were true to all who listen to God's

call and answer Him--"For the promise is to you and

to your children, and to all who are afar off,

as many as the Lord our God will call" (Acts 2:39).

Paul preached about God's election of David as a King

because of his devout heart and promises made to God--

"And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them

Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin,

for forty years. And when He had removed him, He raised

up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony

and said, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man

after My own heart, who will do all My will.' "From this

man's seed, according to the promise, God raised up for

Israel a Savior-Jesus" (Acts 13:21). God fulfilled all

of His promises to David and will do the same for us.

Paul tells us that Abraham is an example for us about

the promises of God--"And if you are Christ's, then you

are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise"

(Gal 3:29). Just as Isaac was born as a miracle in the

old age of Sarah, so our born again experience is the

example and proof that we have--"Now we, brothers, as

Isaac was, are children of promise" (Gal 4:28). He can

not fail and will not fail on His promises to us.

Let us remember who is the God that remembers all things.

God's name is Jehová El Berith. He is the God that makes

promises to His people, and does not forget. He does not

have the frailty of our human frame, and He is mindful

that we are but dust. Lift your hands to Him and Praise

Him today for the fact that He is the unforgetful God that

remembers His promises to us! Make your promises to Him

today and see the difference! He is faithful to His Word.