God’s Promises: To Trust or Not to Trust?
In case you were wondering, I’ve been going through this amazing devotional by Eugene Peterson called SOLO: An Uncommon Devotional, and I’m absolutely loving it. It’s unlike any devotional I’ve ever gone through. With that being said, I’m sitting here in my amazingly comfortable dorm room doing my devotions when I came across this question: Are we able to trust the promises of God, even if we never end up seeing them? Now that I think about, I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve ever been asked this, and just like any other time I get asked a question for the first time, I was forced to think.
My answer: drum roll please………..
Yes.
I truly believe we can still trust the promises of God, even if we never end up seeing them. The beauty of a promise is that it’s a covenant, and we all know how much the Lord is into covenants. In other words, there’s no need to doubt the promises of God because we know that when He promises us something, it’s going to happen. But here’s the tricky part: we have to be okay with the fact that His promise may not come to pass during our lifetime. But this is okay, because the fact that we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves should give us peace in knowing that if our promise isn’t fulfilled during our lifetime, it would be fulfilled through the hands of the next generation.
I started thinking about all of the promises I believe the Lord has given me and I thought about how sad it would be if the fruit of those promises perished when I was no longer around. I could be wrong, but I like to believe that when the Lord gives us a promise it’s because He has a greater purpose in mind, something we can’t even fathom; something that can’t be fulfilled through the life of one person. Is it possible that when we can’t see the promises of God being completely fulfilled in our life, it should be used as a reminder that we’ll never see the finished work of the promise anyway? I’m very confident with the promises of God over my life, but I’m also okay with the fact that I’ll probably never see the “final product” of His promise. One day my life will come to an end, but the baton will be passed and the promises of God will continue to live through the hands of somebody else, inevitably completing the bigger picture that only He could see from the beginning anyway.
So yeah, here I am, going through life and seriously loving it. I can live in peace knowing His promises will eventually come to pass while guys like this make me laugh…
Enjoying a life-changing Apple Fritter from Annies Doughnuts and drinking a glass of milk,
- Joe
Tori 10:50 am on November 8, 2008 Permalink |
This is a comment on both this post and the last: Beautiful. So so beautiful.:) They were wonderfully written and very honest. As for whether or not you’ll hit it, I’d bet money on it. You’re just that kind of person. You step up to the plate and smack the ball with the bat. It’s just what you do.:)
Watching from the stands,
-Tori