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Friday, November 8, 2024
"Thoroughly Tested Promises"
Message summary: Today, as you hold onto God's thoroughly tested promises, may your heart be filled with a song of praise.
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"Then they believed His promises and sang His praise" (Psalm 106:12). "Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them" (Psalm 119:140).
God of Abraham
You're the God of covenant
And of faithful promises
Time and time again
You have proven
You’ll do just what You said
A
promise is a
commitment by
someone to do
or not do
something. Our
most solemn
human to human
promise is our
marriage vows.
But we make
many other
promises in
life. One who
keeps his or
her promises
is greatly
valued and
respected.
In our first
daily text the
Israelites
broke into
song as a
result of
seeing God's
promises
fulfilled, "they
believed His
promises and
sang His
praise".
In our
devotional
message today
we want to
provide those
with troubled
hearts a song
of hope as we
consider the
greatest
Promise-keeper.
Psalm 119 is
the longest
chapter in the
Bible and
virtually
every verse
extols some
aspect of
God's Word.
The Psalmist
David seems to
be in a
crescendo of
deep
appreciation
for God's Word
and yet the
"Bible" he had
was only the
first five
books of our
present Bible,
perhaps along
with some of
the historical
books (hardly
listed among
our favorite
sources of
promises!)
"Your
promises have
been
thoroughly
tested".
Dr. Herbert
Lockyer's
classic book
titled "All
the Promises
In The Bible"
lists over
8,000
promises.
These promises
are definite,
explicit
declarations
God has made
that we can
rely on.
His promises
are indeed "thoroughly
tested".
The actual
Hebrew words
convey a poker
constantly in
the fire in
the refining
process of
gold. The
Amplified
Bible states,
"tried and
well refined".
Consider how
these promises
that David
reckoned as
"thoroughly
tested" have
existed an
additional
three thousand
years! And now
we have the
entire Bible
as a source of
revelation
from God and a
great mine
from which to
glean His
promises. Late
in the New
Testament
Peter writes
of God's "exceeding
great and
precious
promises"
(2 Peter 1:4).
We are greatly
blessed aren't
we!
"Your
servant loves
them".
The Psalmist
continues by
expressing his
attitude
toward God's
thoroughly
tested
promises.
Believing
friend, you
can depend on
God's promises
regardless of
the seeming
hopelessness
of any
situation you
may face. His
promises have
been
thoroughly
tested again
and again. May
God give each
of us a great
love for them
and increase
our faith as
we see them
fulfilled in
our present
age. Let us
all hold out
for the
promises not
yet fulfilled.
The late Bible
teacher James
Montgomery
Boice wrote,
Today as you hold onto His thoroughly tested promises may your heart be filled with a song of praise.
Even now, You keep Your promise
Even now, Your heart is kindness
In the dark, I shall not fear
For You are on my side in battle,
God my Strength, My Shield forever
Where my hope is found, I will praise You even now
Be encouraged today, Hebrews 3:13
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father, help
us to meditate
upon Your
promises so
that our faith
is increased
and our hope
is renewed.
When obstacles
cloud our view
that
discourage or
sway our trust
in You,
knowing and
meditating on
Your
thoroughly
tested
promises help
us to look
beyond the
natural and
trust You for
the
supernatural.
We know, by
experience and
by looking at
Scripture that
You work in
mysterious
ways, Your
wonders to
perform. Amen.
Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental
Resources
"Even
Now"
Listen
on YouTube
Travis
Cottrell
(A portion of
this song is
used at the
end of
message.)
"Promises" Listen on YouTube Joe L Barnes & Naomi Raine (A portion of this song is used at the beginning of message)
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