Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises. (2 Peter 1:4 KJV)
As you know, people aren’t always able to fulfill their promises, but God always is. God stands behind His promises, so hold Him to them in your hour of need, and He will not fail you.
Have you ever had a friend upon whom you could utterly depend, who was absolutely faithful to you even when things were going wrong? Just so, anyone who has tried and trusted the promises in the Bible when there was no other help, no other hope, nothing else to lean on, has found them to be utterly trustworthy. We know through experience that we can put limitless trust in every word and rest our full weight upon them.
All God asks is simple faith—that you take Him at His word and accept His promises at face value. Many modern people think it utterly ridiculous and impossible to take God’s promises seriously and cash them in at the Bank of Heaven for what we ask for—but that is exactly what God wants us to do.
Those with trusting faith are daily doing things that the skeptics say can’t be done. Those of faith dare to take the promises from God’s Word just as they are, appropriate them for themselves, and act upon them—and they receive in return the most wonderful answers to prayer, solutions, and supply. These great and precious promises are there for you. God means them personally for you, and He will not fail His Word. [1]
This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way, but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to God’s way, acquiesce in His will, and in so doing find our peace. - Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941)
[1] Activated It’s So, Because God Says So
