Skip to content

Daily Devotional

Daily Devotional

A Ministry of the Kerwin Baptist Church

January 5, 2018

December 28, 2017 by Pastor Hawtree

I AM PERSUADED THAT HE IS ABLE:

TO DO WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD DO

Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it?”

General Douglas MacArthur famously said, “I shall return”; and return he did. However, Muhammad Ali also said that he would never be defeated, and defeated he was. In the 2007-2008 NFL season, the Pittsburgh Steelers had a shot at the undefeated Patriots in week 13. Before the game, Pittsburgh defensive back Anthony Smith made this claim to the media. “We’re going to win,” Smith said. “Yeah, I can guarantee a win.” They dropped the game, 34-13, and Smith never lived down the embarrassment of being so wrong, so early in his career.

My point is that when it comes to us humans, we sometimes do what we say we will do, and sometimes we don’t. Sometimes we make guarantees, promises, and claims that we follow through on. Sometimes, we don’t. We may have good intentions, good motives, and maybe even a good plan. But there are always things that are out of our control. So our claims, promises, and guarantees are only as strong as our ability.

We are told here in this verse that whatever God says He will do, He will do. If He said it, He will follow through on it. If He claimed it, He can. If He guaranteed it, He’s got it. If He promised it, He has a plan. He is only limited by His ability. And His ability has no limits.

If God said He will never leave us nor for sake us, then He won’t. If God said His grace is sufficient, then it is. If God promised in John chapter 6 “him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out”, then He won’t. There are thousands of promises that God has made in His word. I can’t give them all at this moment, although we will be dealing with many of them in upcoming days.

My point is that if God said it, you can count on it, take it to the bank, write it in stone, hang it on the wall, and consider it a binding agreement. No need to doubt, question, or be skeptical. I encourage you to get a hold of some of the promises God has made to you in His Word, and hold onto them. Write them down, memorize them, post them at different places in your car or home. Teach them to your kids, highlight them in your Bible, and depend on them every day.

I AM PERSUADED THAT GOD WILL DO WHAT HE SAID HE WILL DO!

Post navigation

Previous Post:

January 4, 2018

Next Post:

January 6, 2018

Recent Posts

  • December 31, 2020
  • December 30, 2020
  • December 29, 2020
  • December 25, 2020
  • December 24, 2020

Archives

  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
February 2023
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728  
« Dec    
* indicates required
© 2023 Daily Devotional | WordPress Theme by Superbthemes