May 22, 2019
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The blessed word that God has given for you today is from the book of 1 Kings 8:56 , “Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses.”
My Dear brothers and Sisters, from the above context we understand that God keeps His promise. We see that the supplication of Solomon was similar, to that of the intercession of Christ. With such type of supplication we shall receive grace, sufficient, suitable and seasonable in every time of need.
Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. Because all came to pass. The Bible says, Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel according to all that He promised. A land of rest, and rest in the land from all enemies. Moses tells the people of Israel, “’ But when you cross over the Jordan and dwell in the land which the Lord your God, in giving you to inherit, He will give you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you may dwell in safety.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters Joshua actually observed the fulfilment of all the promises made by God by the hand of Moses his servant, before his death. But Solomon sees a greater accomplishment of the gracious promises of God and his faithfulness therein both in the times of his father, David and his own. Our God is faithful and keeps His promise. God requested King Solomon to build a temple, for Him and in return the Lord told Solomon that he would build for him a house in return. Therefore Solomon says, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it. It was purely the wisdom and the grace of the Lord that was upon Solomon that helped him to build the temple. Since Solomon fulfilled the request of God in building the temple, God fulfilled his promise of building a house for him.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, In the same way, when God promises to do something for you, He will surely fulfil His promise. The Bible says, God is not a man, that He should lie, neither the son of man that he should repent. Hath He said, and shall he not do it. Or hath he spoken and shall he not, make it good? He is a faithful God who keeps his promise and is merciful to thousands of generation. God bless you.
Prayer:
Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. We thank You because You are a God who keeps Your promise. We thank you Lord for all the promises you have given us that we may, hold on to these promises and encourage ourselves in our spiritual life. Teach us to keep our promises to others. Never to cheat or deceive others, but to be loyal and faithful. In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
