Psalm 145:13 (NIV)
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion
endures through all generations.
The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and
faithful in all he does.
Moses was full of excuses when the Lord asked him to deliver
His people out of Egypt. God began to reveal himself as Jehovah when Moses
began to question Him. Moses had no understanding of the Lord as Jehovah, the
Promise Keeper. When Moses was on the mountain receiving the Ten Commandments
from the Lord, the people began to worship other gods. Jehovah saw their
idolatry, and, as the Righteous Judge, was prepared to destroy them. Moses
reminded God of His promise to make the Jewish people into a nation, and the
Lord relented and did not destroy the people.
(Exodus 32:11-13) Jehovah remembered and kept His word to
preserve His people. Moses returned from the mountain and gave the people an
opportunity to repent. Those who did not were killed. In Exodus 33, we see
Jehovah, the Promise Keeper, once again keeping His promise to go with Moses to
lead the people out, even though He had said He would not go with those
“stiff-necked people.” The intimacy that Moses found with Jehovah is seen as
the Lord answers his request.
Do you know Jehovah God as the “promise keeper”? Is there a
promise in His Word that you continue to cling to, wondering if it will ever be
fulfilled in your life? A precious friend of mine told me that God may not
answer your prayer when you want Him to, but He will always answer on His time.
Our time frame is not always the same as God’s. Give Him your disappointments
and impatience, and choose to trust Him as the Promise Keeper.
Thought for today:
Do I think about the ways in which God kept His promises to me?
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