WHAT HE SAID ...

Happy Friday!

Here we are one short week until Christmas –

And Hanukkah ends this evening at sunset

This entire time of year is such a joy to me –

Time to slow down and spend quality time with friends & family;

Time to enjoy simple pleasures and reflect on all of the blessings of the LORD

For me, that time of reflection also includes a journey through my mental file cabinet

It is a time for me to remember all the things which God has spoken to me

It fills me with hope and is a source of great encouragement – thinking on what He spoke

 

As I did my devotionals this morning, I came across this section of scripture:

‘Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel because He has come to His people and redeemed them. He has risen up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David (as He said through His holy prophets of long ago)…’ Luke 1:68-70

 

This verse of scripture recounts words spoken by Zechariah, father of John the Baptist

He was speaking of the coming of Jesus

‘Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel because He has come to His people and redeemed them … (as He said through His holy prophets of long ago)’

 

Indeed, this fulfillment of prophecy was a long time coming

The words spoken to the prophets were delivered multiple generations before Jesus’ birth

The promise was in motion before any record of it ever occurred in the earth

For Jesus is the Lamb who was slain before the foundation of the world [Rev. 13:8]

Yet every promise God makes is sure to come to pass

‘For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.’ II Corinthians 1:20

What He Spoke Will Always Come to Pass

 

Again – what He spoke will always come to pass

However – the timing is not always what we expect, nor the process

Yet – we can TRUST His words and His ways

His thoughts are above our own [Isaiah 55:9]

He makes all things perfect in its time [Ecclesiastes 3:11]

Not one of His promises has ever failed [Joshua 21:45]

What He Spoke Will Always Come to Pass

 

Some promises will spring to form suddenly –

As it did at creation when He spoke the worlds into existence [Psalm 33:6-9]

Some will take time –

Like the promise of a child to Abram and Sarai,

a promise not fulfilled until Abraham was 100-years old [Genesis 21:5]

Some promises will take months –

Like the promise to Mary & Joseph regarding the birth of Jesus [Luke 1 & 2]

Some will be fulfilled in a day –

Like the promise to the thief hanging on cross next Jesus at His crucifixion [Luke 23:43]

What He Spoke Will Always Come to Pass

 

TRUST & BELIEVE

No matter what God has spoken to you – no matter when He spoke it

TRUST the LORD you God to do exactly what He promised

‘God is not a man that He should lie, nor a son of man that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?’ Numbers 23:19

If He spoke, He will also do it

What He Spoke Will Always Come to Pass

 

I am praying for you this morning –

I am praying you will experience the presence of God is a very tangible way

– today and every day

Keep expecting a marvelous manifestation of every promise He has made you

What He Spoke Will Come to Pass

 

Have a Blessed Day!

‘The vision is yet for an appointed time; in the end it will speak and not lie:

though the vision tarry, wait for it; for it will surely come and will not be [late] delayed’

Habakkuk 2:3