God's Promises

Here are some amazing thoughts from L.B. Cowman's book Streams in the Desert:

Do as you promised...that your name will be great forever. (1 Chronicles 17:23-24)

On some occasions, and this was one in the life of David, we are fully persuaded that what we are asking is in accordance with God's will.  We feel led to select and plead a promise from the pages of Scripture, having been specially impressed that it contains a message for us.  At these times, we may say with confident faith, "Do as you promised."

Hardly any stance could be more completely beautiful, strong, or safe than that of putting your finger on a promise of God's divine Word and then claiming it.  Doing so requires no anguish, struggle, or wrestling but simply presenting the check and asking for cash.  It is as simple as producing the promise and claiming its fulfillment....

Every promise of Scripture is a letter from God, which we may plead before Him with this reasonable request: "Do as you promised."...

It is the everlasting faithfulness of God that makes a Bible promise "very great and precious" (2 Peter 1:4).  Human promises ar often worthless, and many broken promises have left broken hearts.  But since the creation of the world, God has never broken a single promise to one of His trusting children.