It was a good day. My tummy was satisfied after a visit to Chilis. I sat in my parked car and decided to open up to the page above.
Then I started sobbing.
I did something different. I read those Scriptures personally. I inserted myself inside those words and read them out loud to God. And the floodgates opened.
It's been said to remind God the promises He made to you. Well, I just want to warn you of what might happen when you do: Snot will cover your face as you realize that you don't believe these words.
Or at least for me.
Is it just me?
Don't get me wrong. In my case, I believe them for everyone else. My friends can tell you that I am quick to encourage them with God's word with conviction. But for some reason, the book that I've been studying, I haven't been living.
The words I've been reading, I haven't been holding as my own. Because they sound too good to be true to be true for me. I felt as if I was the exception.
As if it would work for everyone else but me.
So reading them out loud to God, it hit me, the words hit me and He asked me to believe in what I'm saying. To believe in what He's saying. To believe for myself.
And I'm asking you to believe for yourself as well. It's not enough to believe for other people. These promises are for you. This is personal. God is a personal God. He wants to have a relationship with you and in order to do that, you have to believe in what He says. You have to hold on to these promises in the bible even when they don't make sense in your circumstances. You have to hold on to these promises as truth.
And God's not asking you to believe Him without proof. That's why the bible is here: to remind us of His faithfulness, to encourage us in those difficult times.
In John 1:1, it says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God."
God = His Word
His word represents His character i.e. love, joy, peace, justice, mercy, patience, faithfulness. Just to name a few.
But it doesn't end there: because God stands forever, so does His word.
It doesn't matter how long it's been since you've received that promise from God it will happen because just as God is faithful so is His word.
Heaven and earth have to pass away before His word does (Matthew 24:35). His word has a longevity that surpasses this universe's expiration date.
What He spoke (and what He speaks) over your life weren't something made on a whim. They were intentional, He knew what He was saying. His promises were always in mind when He created you and they've been waiting for this moment. They've been waiting for you. And they aren't going to bypass you.
His eye is always on you. He remembers what He's said to you. He hasn't forgotten about you. His word is already set before you, waiting for you.
Don't give up waiting for it. It's coming.
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