God has spoken promises over your life. Do you know his promises? Do you walk confidently in what God has promised, knowing that the maker of the Universe will move Heaven and Earth to keep his promises concerning you? Nothing can cancel God’s promises. Nothing can overpower what God has promised. And the greatest news is the only thing required of you to walk in his promises over your life is your faith.
Not your perfection. Not a cleaned up, holy version of you. Only your faith.
The labor of salvation is solely on the back of Jesus. He has done the work, now only our faith is required. We just have to believe it. Believe God loved us so much that he sent his Son, Jesus, as a substitute sacrifice to cover our sins and make us right with Him. Believe the cross was for us. For me and for you, personally.
Over 20 years ago, someone rang my doorbell and when I answered, they introduced themselves and asked my name. I told them, “I’m Pamela.” They looked me in the eye and without knowing my past problems or my current struggles, they said with absolute confidence, “John 3:16 – For God so loved PAMELA, that he gave his one and only Son, so that when she believed in him she would not perish, but have everlasting life. Pamela, if you were the only person in the world, God would have sent Jesus to save just you.” Believing that has forever changed my life.
Do you believe that? Do you believe God loves you that much? No matter what you’ve done, no matter what you are doing right now, God offers Jesus for you to be saved. The total work of salvation is all on Jesus. All you have to do is believe it. And if you believe it, your whole life is covered in specific promises from God.
Romans 4: 14, “If God’s promise is only for those who obey the law, then faith is not necessary and the promise is pointless.” Verse 16, “So the promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift and we are all certain to receive it.”
Faith is the only thing that makes your righteous. There’s not a single good work you could do that would make you righteous. It’s only by faith in Jesus. Remember last week our study on being made right with God? Romans 4:3, “God counted him as righteous because of his faith.” Counted is an accounting term. It’s a deposit into our account so that we have what is needed.
In exchange for your faith in Jesus, God has made a deposit into your account that forever keeps you in good standings with him. Even when you waver. Even when you wander. Even when you mess up again. God counts you as righteous because he sees your faith.
Now, because of our faith, we have promises of God over our lives. Do you know about these promises? Girl, start studying the promises of God and you will find confidence like you’ve never had before. You know when God makes a promise, he not only has every intent to fulfill it, but he has all the power in the world to do it. Not a single promise of God will go unfulfilled. If God promised it, it WILL happen. Numbers 23: 19, “God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?”
There are a whole lot of unknowns and variables in this life that may leave us all stirred up and worried. But we can be absolutely assured that if God promised us something, he will fulfill his promise. It’s ours. It’s as good as done.
Together, let’s open our Bibles and read a few of God’s promises for his girls who have faith in Jesus.
1. We are promised to have God watching over us, protecting us, always. Girl, did you know God’s eye is literally on YOU today. He knows everything concerning you. You are not hidden from him. You are not forgotten by him. He cares for you.