Promise Keeper!

Promise Keeper!

Jeremiah 33:14 NIV

[14] “ ‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah.

Jeremiah is credited with the words of the verse above. It is interesting to note that the words of the verse above were given to Jeremiah while he himself was locked up in the king's house. He was not a free man, yet he was proclaiming great things ahead for Judah. Judah was in captivity and its great men and women had been wasted. The first lesson for me here is that my physical reality has nothing to do with my spiritual state. As I read the verses before the verse above, I see the state of Judah: a nation that had abandoned the God of its salvation, and was now suffering the results of its sin. Please note that God will not break his laws for anyone; He will not lower the standard for anyone. Please do not toy with sin, or stay comfortable in sin. This is the season when we celebrate the greatest gift that was given to deal with the problem of sin permanently. The nature of the problem of sin and the huge price that was paid show the mind of God, and a warning that I cannot/should not toy with sin. 

Jeremiah got the message whilst he was locked up. He may not have seen the possibilities ahead with his naked eyes, but he knew the God who had made the promise. He could trust the covenant-keeping God whose word cannot be broken, and the one who does not lie, like man. If He says something to me, the whole of heaven knows that even the heavens and the earth are not as constant as the authority that backs up the Word of God. God refers to the days that are coming, and as we saw yesterday, it may take 700 years, but be sure that it will come to pass. I need to have a word from God that will be the anchor for my soul, keeping me focused on what is coming. Just like the promise of a Son/Saviour that was fulfilled at the fullness of time, so is the promise of good things worth holding on to. The critical factor here is the Source, not the circumstances that surround me, or even the doubts that the devil will try and sow in my heart. 

God does not need my cooperation for Him to be God. He does not need me to defend Him or to prove a point with anyone on His behalf. He is the Omniscient, Omnipotent and Omnipresent God. He is God, regardless of my response or reaction to Him. He has promised, and He has the capacity, capability and composure to see it to the end. Can I wait on and for God? Am I in a hurry to get what God has promised that I am willing to do anything to get it, even sin? If yes, there is an issue with my confession of Jesus as Lord and Saviour. It means that the gift of Christ in this season is yet to be a reality in my life. I can argue about the activities and demands of this season, but until Christ takes His place in my life, I can shout and make all the noise, but it will change nothing until there is change on the inside. He is faithful; He can do it; He is watching over His Word to perform it. God's time of favour is here.