Hallelujah - part 6

Hallelujah - part 6 - The Word

Did you ever have someone break a promise to you? I know I have and I’m sure that your answer is the same. I know that I have also broken promises that I have made to people and I am sure that you would say the same again.

As in past weeks, I have shared with you some thoughts on some topics that have been brought forward to me after listening to some new Elevation Worship songs. This the part of the song that stood out at me:

“Light of the world

Tremble the darkness

Nothing can stop it

You are the God of the promise

Every word

Will be accomplished

You are the God of the promise” [1]

Those words got me thinking about some of the promises of God. The one I think about the most is the one He gave to Noah.

“I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.” - Genesis 9:13-15 NIV

This shows me God’s track record when it comes to promises. He told Noah and generations to follow that He would never flood the whole earth again. Now some people would say “But there is still flooding that happens.” I would say to that “You are correct.” But that isn’t what God promised. God promised that there would never be a global flood again and to my knowledge there hasn’t been a global flood since the one in Noah’s time. So God has kept that promise.

What makes us think that He won’t keep others?

He promised Abraham that he would be the father of many nations. God then blessed Abraham with many decedents that then became the nation of Israel and the very line that Jesus the Son of God came from (Genesis 12 + Matthew 1).

God also said (to Israel) that He would never leave us (Deuteronomy 31:6). God is always right there going through our storms of life that seem to come up suddenly. We see this when Peter walks on water and begins to look at the storm instead of keeping his eyes on Jesus (Matthew 14:22-32). We often do the same thing and we are actually the ones that run off and then blame God for leaving us. God is always there for us. He is always with us because He made a promise.

Just like the song lyrics above say - “Every word will be accomplished. You are the God of the promise.”[1]

Hallelujah that He is the God of the promise!

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[1] Elevation Worship “God of the Promise” written by Aaron Robertson, Chris Brown, Steven Furtick

Elevation Worship lyrics are property and copyright of their owners. "God of the Promise” lyrics provided for educational purposes and personal use only.

This post references the lyrics of a song. The meaning of the lyrics and the song in this post is my own interpretation
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