God Always Keeps His Promises

 

We have flown several times in recent months and it seems like all of our experiences have been negative ones. We were in a holding pattern one flight and wound up being diverted to another airport. On another occasion, our plane sat on the tarmac for 3 hours waiting to take off. The airline misplaced the luggage for all the passengers on another flight. There have been a few other delays and unpleasantries as well, but in each instance, we eventually made it to our destination.

 

God made a promise to Paul, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome” (Acts 23:11). Paul also had some problems with his travel arrangements. First, he was arrested. The ship the Romans put him on as a prisoner was caught in a storm for weeks and eventually wrecked. He was able to get off the ship and swim to shore, where he was bitten by a snake. Finally, he was put on another ship and made it to Rome. Even though he was still a prisoner, Paul was able to have visitors and was able to preach the Gospel as he had been promised.

 

God always keeps His promises. It is impossible for Him to lie, and He knows the future.  Like Paul, we need to have faith that God will do what He says. We should never lose hope even when circumstances seem to indicate otherwise. We can ask God to lead us in His way so that His promises will be fulfilled.

 

I’ve previously talked about some of the many promises God made to us in the Old and New Testaments. If you want to go back and read those posts, just type Promises in the search function if you are reading this in the blog or click on the hyperlink below if you are online.

 

http://www.basictruths.blog/2023/11/

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