Since the beginning of 2019, I have been posting a promise that God has given us in his word-everyday. Or at least most every day.
We like to learn them depend on them, look forward to some, and believe them. They are all parts of the good things that God has for us.
However, can we say there are some, that are not so good for us? Some that we hope do not come to pass in our lives? Some that come with unbearable consequences.
Why do we call God loving and forgiving, when sometimes he is not? Why did we sing his praises or teach our children even at an early age that he is our protector, our provider?
What right does he have to say he is all these things when in fact, he doesn't even start off his Word giving us a wonderful promise but instead gives us one that threatens our very future with him?
And what was the very first promise he made anyway?
Consider Genesis 3:14-15 So the Lord God said to the snake, "Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all the wild or domestic animals. You will crawl on your belly. You will be the lowest of all animals as long as you live. I will make your descendants hostile toward each other. He will crush your head and you will bruise his heel."
So there we have the very first recorded promise in God's Word. As we know, it all started with his creation of the world, it's animal inhabitants, and of course more than all else, his creation of the human race.
But who was this promise for and what had happened that he had given it?
Well, it all started out with the sin that Adam and Eve had just committed in the Garden. God told them not to eat the fruit of a certain tree. That they could eat of any other tree, just not this one, because if they did, they would die.Along came the snake (Satan) who lied to Eve and said that they would not die. In fact, their eyes would be opened to good and evil, and they themselves would become as gods. Well Eve couldn't resist eating that fruit because it looked so good and after she had, she had then gotten Adam to eat it as well. Genesis 3:6.
For mankind, it was the beginning of the end. The end of God's blessing on man's life that is. And so he had had to make promises to them for their sin, and those promises held consequences. Of course, that first one was for our enemy Satan the snake.
But what had it meant? And who was God talking about?
Come back tomorrow for part two.
June 14,2019 Promise: How Amazing are your thoughts concerning me. How vast is the sum of them! Psalm 139:17
Hi Friends. It is another busy week and again I am late. I am still asking God for his blessings on your life however. Not only his blessings but his richest ones. Thanks for coming as always. You are important to me, but more than that, you are important to the God we serve!
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