Promises

People who believe that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior are promised salvation.

I know so many people who are all about this. We go to church every Sunday. Sometimes we get really crazy and go on Wednesdays. If we are really holy we throw in a campus ministry another day in the week. We like the free gift.

Have any of us read any of the Bible?

God promises us so much more.

We are always worried about school. life. relationships. money. sports. future. past. popularity. clothes. facebook. music. movies. feel free to add your own...

Why are we so apt to trust God for salvation, yet we refuse to believe his other promises?

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the Lord, "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you," declares the Lord, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile."

That is Jeremiah 29:11-14. Does it not carry the same weight as John 3:16?

His plans for us are better than ours. Hope. A future.

We can call on Him. He WILL listen.

We WILL find find Him.

He WILL bring us out of captivity.

We see this and we start humanizing it. "Yeah, I want God's plan, but I'll find a spouse and have some kids and then follow God's plan."

What would it be like if we just trusted him to do what he says?

He will not fail.

A person will let you down.

I will let you down.

He doesn't know how to fail.

"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart."

That is Psalm 37:4.

God cares about us. Genuinely.

He wants good for us. If we seek him, he will give us all of these things that we selfishly desire.

As usual I am the best example of this. I often trust God to start a situation, and then I take over like I know how to do it better than Him.

Every time I let Him take control he makes things better than I could have even hoped.

Thank you God for keeping your promises.

Thank you God for caring about us.

Life is so much more than all of these goals and milestones.

Let life constantly glorify Him.

Let life be a journey, not a destination.

That's what it is whether want it to be or not.

God is the only one who can truly fill our desires.

And he is doing so for someone even now.

Don't limit God in your life. We have to allow Him to bless us.

And he will.

I promise, because He promises.