April 03

Those Wonderful Promises

He has called us … and by that same mighty power, he has given us all of his rich and wonderful promises. … So make every effort to apply the benefits of these promises to your life.

2 Peter 1:3b-5a (NLT)

One recent night we had a sharing time in church. People were asked to share what God was doing in their lives, perhaps some Scripture—something that had affected them in a positive way. Once they started sharing, it became a flood of praise and, sometimes, tears of joy.

Almost everyone had a verse to quote. These were precious promises, and I could hear it in their voices, see it in their glistening eyes.

There was the man whose wife had left him, the young mother who was struggling with her two daughters, and then a lady shared how she had just learned she had pancreatic cancer. All shared how God’s word had helped and blessed them through difficult circumstances.

It was a rich time and a powerful reminder: I need God’s promises. I need to know them—when life is easy as well as when it is hard. I need to claim them. And you? Have you claimed one of His promises this week? If not, why not hunt one out and make it yours?

Lord, Your word is alive and powerful and so helpful. Open my eyes to Your good words for me. Help me take Your promises seriously, to meditate on these truths, to memorize them and claim them as my own. Amen.