Promises

Well, as I looked back at my first post I realized that I wasn't making good on a promise. A promise to update this blog each week. Looks like it has turned into a once a month thing. I will try to work on making my posts more often. It got me to thinking though, about how often we don't follow through with our promises. I picked up a birthday card for Lindsay the other day, and as I read the card it made me think of promises. Promises that I had made to her the day we were married. Promises like being her joy in all times, her peace when she needs to be calmed, and her constant source of love. One thing I could not deny, as I thought about all this, was that there are times when I do a lousy job at filling those needs. However, understanding that God never fails us in meeting those needs is comforting as a Christian. It also makes you realize that because others will let you down out of human nature, He will not out of his good and perfect divine nature. That is the promise of God. Sometimes I think people think this means that nothing bad should ever happen to them. That isn't the promise though. He tells us this in Isaiah 40:25-31, as he comforts his people. The promise is not that nothing bad will ever happen to you. The promise is that when we find ourselves weak and tired, and when we stumble and fall, that God will renew our strength. That we will soar on wings like eagles, run and not grow weary, walk and not be faint, when we hope and wait on Him. God does not always change bad circumstances, he can and he does sometimes, but his promise is that he will give us strength to make it through these tough times in life. In addition, in Philippians, Paul reminds us that our God will meet all of our needs according to his glorious riches in Jesus Christ. Sometimes, we search high and low for people to meet our needs, when the one place we should always be looking to for those needs to be met is God. So, when others let us down and don't follow through on promises, may we praise God for his faithfulness. When our needs are not met by friends and family, may we know that God will meet all of our needs. And may we rejoice in the knowledge that we serve a God who always comes through on His promises.