The Ultimate Promise Keeper

Have you ever made a promise that you did not keep? Sure, we all have. Sometimes it is an insignificant oversight that no one remembers, at other times it is very significant with life altering consequences. We make statements (promises) to pick-up Twinkies at the store on the way home, to mow the lawn, pay the bills…to love till death do us part. It is in our nature to think primarily of ourselves, to forget, to dismiss, to simply not fulfill a stated or unstated promise in an act or role we have. The message we often hear from the world is that it’s okay to break your promises, i.e. “promises were made to be broken”, if you are not fulfilled, happy, busy, stressed, etc. We then use those reasons to justify our actions.

God, however, is God, and it is His nature, and His character to be faithful. To always fulfill His promises, His statements, His covenants with us. God is perfect. Not 75% or even 99.9%, but 100% faithful…even though we may not understand current circumstances or see His work at hand. God is the ultimate promise keeper.

This Sunday, September 20th, we will begin a new sermon series, Rock Solid – A Journey of Faithfulness. A six week sermon series and daily devotional that will challenge us to let God's faithfulness become the essence of who we are. My hope is that you will invest your time and Bible study through attending each Sunday from Sept. 20th through Oct., 25th, completing the daily devotional guide, “Faithfulness”, and attend the adult discussion on Sundays at 9:30 AM. If you invest your time and study at each level, I am certain God will speak to you, challenge you, encourage you, and counsel you on this topic, faithfulness.

As you take steps of obedience to his word, you may find strength and blessings of letting God’s faithfulness become the essence of who you are. We can then rejoice as Psalm 95:1 proclaims, “Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.”