THE PROMISES OF GOD

 

EVENING DEVOTION by James Smith

JUNE 5

 

2 Corinthians 1:20

For all the promises of God in him are yea, and

 in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

 
The promises of God are the assurances he has given his people,
  that he will bless them and bestow favours upon them.
 
They all originate in his divine sovereignty, and flow spontaneously from his will.
 
They are but the effects and tokens of his love, the kind expressions, and manifestations of his grace.
 
They are acts of divine condescension which fringe the promiser under a bond and prove his fatherly care of us and concern for our welfare.
 
They all rest on the same immutable basis, even his veracity and faithfulness, and are stored up in Jesus as the present property of his people.
 
They open the heart of Jehovah, challenge the faith of the Christian, and animate the hopes of the penitent sinner.
 
They are connected with the mediatorial office of Christ; for as prophet he publishes them, as priest he confirms them, and as king he fulfils them.
 
They all belong to the same persons, believers; have the same design, our benefit; and aim at the same end, the praise of Jehovah’s grace.
 
They all lead us to the same fountain, the fulness of Christ: and produce the same effects, even admonition, gratitude, and praise.
 

The promises surpass my thought,

But faithful is my Lord;

In unbelief I stagger not,

For God hath spoke the word.

 
James Smith