And you know in all your hearts and in
all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the
LORD your God spoke concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word
of them has failed. Joshua 23:14
Near the
end of his life, Joshua took time with the Israelites to review all that God
had done for them since they first began following Him. God had given them an
impossible assignment: to conquer a foreign and hostile land with fortified
cities and armies more powerful than their own. The Israelites were to go
forward with nothing more than God’s promise that He would go with them and
take care of them. Now Joshua looked back over their experience and reminded
the Israelites that God had kept every promise. They had experienced numerous
victories and had enjoyed God’s provision for every need.
Sometimes
hindsight gives us a clear picture of how faithful God has been. We are tempted
during a crisis to wonder if God will be faithful to His promises. We focus on
our problems, and our trust in God begins to waver. Twenty-four years after God
promised Abraham and Sarah a son, they were still waiting on God to fulfill His
promise. But in the twenty-fifth year, Abraham and Sarah could look back and
see that God had been faithful. As David was fleeing for his life, he may have
been uncertain how God would keep His promise to make him a king. But at the
end of his long and prosperous reign, David could review how God had kept every
promise.
You, too,
can rely on God’s faithfulness. Are you in a crisis? Hold to the promises of
your Lord! He will not forget His promises to you. Look back over your
Christian life and recount the many ways in which God has been faithful to His
word.
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