Your Promise (The Word) (2)
BIBLE READING: HABAKKUK 2:3; JOHN1:1; HEBREWS 6:17-18
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, AND THE WORD WAS GOD.” John 1:1 (NLT)
The first thing I want to say is IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD TO LIE! Please settle that in your mind and let it get into your spirit. We need to believe this about God, just as we believe we breathe in Oxygen and breathe out Carbon dioxide. Until we believe this GREAT TRUTH we will be tossed up and down every time a storm comes our way. I repeat, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD TO LIE! There must be no doubt in your mind about this. A lot of people think they believe this statement, until they are faced with a storm or delay in their lives. I believe we find this statement difficult to believe because we lie to ourselves and if so, we will tend to be suspicious of another person’s words, so I guess it will be difficult to believe that it is impossible NOT to lie. Everyone has lied to themselves one time or the other. We lied to ourselves all the time before we gave our lives to Jesus Christ, because before that time, we believed everything we did was by our own power and might. Even after we accepted Jesus Christ, we continued lying to ourselves in different ways. I think the best way to summarise how we lie to ourselves is by saying sin is a lie, so every time we sin, we lie to ourselves.
Hebrews 6:17-18 says, “God also bound Himself with an oath, so that those who received the Promise could be sure that He would NEVER CHANGE HIS MIND. So God has given both His Promise and His Oath. These two things are unchangeable because IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD TO LIE. Therefore, we who have fled to Him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.” (NLT). Paul says God bound Himself by an oath. I decided to look up the meaning of the word ‘Oath’ in the dictionary. “An Oath is an invocation of divine agency to be a guarantor of the oath taker’s own honesty and integrity in the matter under question.” An Oath is never to be taken lightly and that is why it is commonly used in courts of law all over the world when someone takes the witness stand. If you are caught lying the punishment is very harsh, so many people have found themselves in jail because they were trying to help a friend/relative out by lying for them in court. There is no slap on the wrist with an Oath. The full force of the law comes down on anyone who bears false witness in a court of law.
God chose to use the concept of an Oath, and since there was nothing higher to swear on, HE SWORE BY HIMSELF, just so we can be rest assured that His Word will never fail. This is the confidence we have in the Word of God; IT CAN NEVER FAIL. When we face trials and tribulations, the Word of God that can never fail, should be our anchor. God has done all in His power to help us trust His Word (HE TOOK AN OATH), what else do we need? The Word is the only weapon we have been given by God to fight the enemy, even Jesus Christ used the Word to defeat the devil when he came to tempt Him in the wilderness. Jesus Christ believed the Word of God and stood firmly on it. Every time the devil spoke, He replied by saying “IT IS WRITTEN..” and the devil left Him alone. We must not doubt His Word when we face persecution or trials, it is the only defensive weapon we have and it can never fail. Part of John 1:1 says, “AND THE WORD WAS GOD” , God and His Word are One and the same, so we can say IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE WORD TO LIE!!
Every time we doubt the Word, we doubt God and that means we are calling Him a lair. We need to get our head round this fact that THE WORD OF GOD IS TRUTH AND ANYTHING CONTRARY TO IT IS A LIE! When trails and tribulations come, we must not let our minds wonder or start asking questions, we must stand knowing that because I belong to Jesus Christ Who is Abraham’s Seed, then I am Abraham’s offspring and an heir according to the promise, so all the Promises God gave to Abraham are also mine by right (Galatians 3:29).
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD TO LIE AND IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE WORD OF GOD TO BE A LIE BECAUSE GOD AND HIS WORD ARE ONE!!!! You need to keep repeating this to yourself everyday. Make it your mantra and speak these words into your spirit as many times as possible everyday. Watch as your confidence grows, which will lead to obedience and maturity in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. The enemy will eventually have to flee from you, like he did with Jesus Christ in the desert, if you hold on without a shadow of doubt in your mind that the Word of God works.
UNDER GRACE UNDER MERCY