The Word – Feb. 6, 2012 - GODS PROMISES

Trust in the Lord, and do good....Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him. and He shall bring it to pass. (Psalm 37:3,4 5).

Did you ever wonder how many personal promises we have in the Bible; promises that God makes to all His children?  A man by the name of E. R. Storm did just that, and came up with 7,487 promises made by God to man.Scattered throughout the Bible are hundreds of definite explicit promises we can put in the category Peter names as "the exceeding great and precious promises"(11 Peter 1:4).

We love to read every one of them, don't we? Then wonder sometimes why they don't become reality in our lives. Lets look and see if we can discover the reason for the seeming disparity. Consider our Scripture verses for today. Every one of them have a condition attached in order for us to receive the benefit of the promise.

Trust in the Lord and do good ...there are two conditions right there, but there is still another:

So it is with all 7,487 promises made by God to mankind.The result of "trust", "Doing good", Delighting in the Lord", and committing our way to Him" not being part of our journey   indicates sin dwelling in our life.

At the beginning of another week, perhaps a good exercise for all of us would be to dwell on the conditions in order to enjoy the fulfillment of the promises!