The Sure Promise of God

"One Year Bible" Old Testament History Passage
Joshua 21:1-22:20

"Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel.  All came to pass."  Joshua 21:45 (NKJV)

Is this your testimony?  Has God fulfilled all His word to you?  Most of us would say that this is a process that is still under way.  Israel had a promise.  God told them that He would take them into the Land of Promise and that they would possess it.  God then led them into the realization of that promise. 

God does the same with us today.  We must be careful to know what God truly has promised.  Too often we add to God's word or embellish it with our own desires.  But, we should remain absolutely confident of this one thing:  that which God truly promises, He will bring to pass.

The timing may not be according to our wishes.  God is never late and He is rarely early.  We just don't always know His timing.  Therefore, we are called to TRUST. 

There is an old song entitled "Trust and Obey."  It has a very simply message, but it is one we come back to often.  "Trust and obey -- for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus -- but to trust and obey."

Israel received the fullness of God's promises to them.  It took far longer than some had expected (40 years in fact).  But the word of God is true.  "All came to pass."