God's Promises

News recently reached me about a situation which has been the subject of my prayers for years. It was not the answer for which I had been praying.

Now what?

Honestly, my first reaction felt much like being kicked in the stomach. "But, God...," I said. "What about your promises? This is an issue you have put on my heart to pray over."

After a while reason overtook my emotions as my mind went through all the promises God has given me over the situation. The things of this world are not the final answer. The game is not over. God's resurrection power remains. Nothing I see negates the assurances the Lord provides. My lack of understanding does not make God's promises invalid. And, the current events did not take the Lord by surprise. Acknowledging the situation as God's problem not mine, enabled me to begin to lift it up in prayer again.

The promises of God are not bound by our time here on earth. They are designed for eternity. My concept of how those promises will be fulfilled do not limit the Lord in His ability to work great things in the lives of those around me. I trust in Him to fulfill those promises, and I resist the temptation to tell Him how He should do it.

And, I thank God for His promises and for answered prayer.

The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. Psalm 12:6