To Know His Promises

Every morning I read these awesome devotions that encourage me and can honestly say the Lord sets most of them to fit me.  After reading this, I wanted to share it, because we need to always hear God's promises.  Funny thing is that is what I have been preparing this week for message. Then also having the song from Lifehouse(Jesus Culture)-"Everything" play on repeat as I sleep and wake up everyday, to remind me that he is all I need and want.  It is important to remind ourselves our brothers and sisters in Christ how much the Lord loves you and will keep his promises.  Do not let the phrase "I love you" because just a normal saying.  It means what it means.  

I hope you guys enjoy.  Have a blessed day.

HIS PROMISE IS ALL I NEED
by David Wilkerson
[May 19, 1931 - April 27, 2011]

God seals all His promises with an oath and we have the “legal” right to
stand on them. God cannot back away from any of His promises or He would not be
God. So we can hold to each promise and say, "Lord, I'm going to stand on what
You have said.”

You may say, "Wait a minute. Do you mean we're not supposed to commune with the
Lord?" I do not mean that at all. But the fact is, our communion with God is not
restricted to worship, praise or prayer. We commune with Him by actively leaning
on His written, revealed Word and our communion with Him also includes trusting
Him.

The Holy Spirit "speaks" mostly by leading us to pertinent Scripture passages,
showing us God's mind on any matter and telling us what steps to take. Why
should He speak with an inner voice when we will not "hear" His revealed,
written voice?

God does not have to tell us everything or reveal all His plans to us. In fact,
we can have intimacy with God simply by giving up our efforts to figure out His
voice. This kind of intimacy says, "Lord, even if I never hear another word
from You, You still give me everything I need. I know You love me. Your Word
has come to me and I am going to rest in that."

David is an example of this kind of trust. As this godly man lay on his
deathbed, he said: "Although my house be not so with God . . ." (2 Samuel
23:5). In other words: "I have not yet seen the fulfillment of all the words
the Lord has given me, yet I have been given a promise that my house will not
fall."

David had no prophet standing nearby, telling him these things. He had no
dream, no vision, no inner voice speaking to him. Instead, as he faced
eternity, he said, "God gave me a covenant promise in His Word. And I'll go
into eternity standing on that promise."

David went on in the same verse: "For this is all my salvation, and all my
desire." He was saying, in essence, "I can face death now because His promise
is all I need."

We may fail in our discernment, our hearing, our decisions, but we can rejoice
in our God, who is our strength. We must simply yield, stand still and see His
salvation!



I will come back to write, just been busy.  I need to speak of my last week.