Daily Devotion
God will keep His word to you
“I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass.” Isa 46:11
Friends may fail to keep their promise to you, but not God! He has put His reputation on the line by promising to perform every word that He’s spoken. “You have magnified Your word above all Your name” (Ps 138:2 NKJV). If God has spoken it, He will do it! But there’s one qualifier: If He’s decreed a condition, you must fulfill it in order to receive His promise. After Elijah’s confrontation with Baal’s prophets on Mount Carmel, he told King Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain” (1Ki 18:41 NIV). Ahab ate and drank, and Elijah, atop Carmel, fell on his face in prayer. It hadn’t rained in three and a half years, but Elijah fulfilled God’s condition and the desperately-needed rains came. Often we claim God’s promises without checking the conditions. Yet His conditions are an integral part of many of His promises—and He expects us to fulfill them. God will do what He says if you follow the simple steps Elijah practiced: (1) Believe the promise. (2) Fulfill the condition. (3) Pray persistently, believing God will keep His Word. (4) Be patient. Elijah sent his servant out seven times to look for signs of rain, never once doubting God’s promise. On the seventh time the rains began. Question: Are you being obedient to the conditions that accompany the promise you’re claiming? Do your part and watch God honor His word to you: “I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.”
