November 23, when God swears by God, since he had no one greater by whom to swear,

he swore by himself, saying, surely, I will bless you and multiply you, Hebrew 6, 13, and 14.

There is one person who's worth and honor and dignity and preciousness and greatness and beauty and reputation

is more than all other values combined, 10,000 times more, namely God himself. So when God takes an oath, he swears by himself.

If he could have gone higher, he would have gone higher. Why? To give you strong encouragement

in your hope. What God is saying and swearing by himself is that it is as

impossible that he will break his word of promise to bless us as it is that he will ever despise himself.

God is the greatest value in the universe.

There is nothing more valuable or wonderful than God.

So God swears by God.

And in doing that, he says,

I mean for you to have as much confidence in me as it is possible to have. For if more were

possible, Hebrews 613 says he would have given us that. Since he had no one greater by whom to swear,

he swore by himself.

Now, this is our God, the God who is reaching as high as he can reach to inspire your unshakable hope in Him. So flee to God for refuge, Turn from all the superficial, self-defeating hopes of the world,

and put your hope in God. There is nothing and no one like God as a refuge and a rock of hope.