The Lord has Promised

Have you ever had one of those horrible days (weeks) in which everything seems to go wrong? Or perhaps the kids are mis-behaving, maybe there is a rift between you and your spouse, or maybe your best friend is mad at you. Well, it does happen to the best of us (and the worse of us for that matter). In times like these, my heart usually sits in my throat.

Sometimes, I leave my heart sitting there, and continue to feel like throwing up or choking. This choking nausea tends to lead swiftly to self pity. By the time self pity engulfs the soul, it's a little too late to take a deep breath and swallow.

Yet, I am learning more and more that it does not have to be this way. It sounds so cliche to say 'Turn to the promises of God." So, instead I'll say it this way. God had promised. Do we really believe this?

We need to trust God for the little things.

The promises of God. God has promised. The Lord has promised.

the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised (Ex 12:25)

Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned. (Num 14:40)

the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, (Deut 12:19)

the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him. (Deut 10:9)

the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised (Deut 26:18)

LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. (Josh 23:10)

And being fully persuaded that,

what he had promised,

he was able also to perform.

Romans 4:21

Do we turn to God? He has promised to be there.