We are now at the next to last post of the series called
"The One Thing". We have been in this series since March 5th! It has
been amazing. I have been sharing with you the one thing in each of the
chapters (we have skipped a few) of the book of Joshua that has jumped out at
me. If I could also say that it's important to know that sometimes that is how
we should dive into the Bible. We should pick a passage or chapter or even a
book and ask God to show us just one thing in that text He wants us to know.
So as we dive into this next to last post I want to draw
our attention to the verse below:
"Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel
failed; every one was fulfilled.” - Joshua 21:45
NIV
Every time we hear the word promise in the Bible we should
get excited. When God uses the word "promise" in the Bible it's not
just an empty word like sometimes when we use it.
I mean let's face the word "promise" to some
of us has a negative feel to it because we have had so many people not follow
through. But God does!!
He had promised Israel that they would have the Promised
Land. (It was conveniently named don't you think.) This verse comes right after
they had fought for the land they now have. The land God promised them.
But when I look at the promises of God, I am taken back
further than Joshua, Moses and even Abraham. I am taken all the way back to Noah.
Why Noah?
There was an event in Noah's life that came about
because of the wickedness of the world. God flooded the Earth. He saved Noah
from the flood in a big boat that God had instructed him to build. When the
flood waters went receded, God had a conversation with Noah. In this
conversation, God gave Noah a promise.
“Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow
appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant [promise] between me and you and all living creatures of every
kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.” -
Genesis 9:14-15
NIV [the word 'promise' added]
All of God's promises hold true. This is how I know -
there has never been a global flood that has destroyed the Earth. God's very
first promise to us is still true to this day!!
So when the word promise appears in the Bible and God's
is attached to it - it will be kept!
That is one thing that is awesome!!!
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