Promises

Yesterday, I had the privilege of teaching about the fear of the Lord in the life of Abraham. I emphasized the promises God kept making to Abraha, how they seemed impossible, but yet that God was fully determined to keep them. This same God makes astounding promises to all of His children, with the same heart behind them: He is committed to keeping His promises to us, even if they seem impossible.

So today, I offer you a list of promises from God to His children. I urge you to trust three promises as Abraham did; God is faithful, and He is more than powerful enough to accomplish all of these in you life!

2 Peter 1:4 God has "given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."

Through the fear of the LORD, God promises:


 - To position our hearts to receive answers: “Who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear...” Hebrews 5:7 


 - To reassure us that God's great goodness abounds: “Oh, how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have prepared for those who trust in You in the presence of the sons of men!” Psalm 31:19 


 - To protect us: “The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them.” Psalm 34:7 


 - To provide for us: “Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him.” Psalm 34:9 
 - To be merciful to us: “For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him.” Psalm 103:11 


 - To fulfill our desires and deliver us from harm: “He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them.” Psalm 145:19 


 - To provide wisdom and understanding: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. For by me your days will be multiplied, and years of life will be added to you.” Proverbs 9:10-11 


 - To give us confidence in the face of death: “In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge. The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.” Proverbs 14:26-27 


 - To provide complete satisfaction: “The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it will abide in satisfaction; he will not be visited with evil.” Proverbs 19:23 


 - To bless with riches, honor, and life: “By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches and honor and life.” Proverbs 22:4 


 - To provide clarity and direction: “Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall He teach in the way He chooses.” Psalm 25:12 


 - To give full, rewarding lives: “Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways! You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.” Psalm 128:1-4 


 - To teach you the secrets of God: “The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him.” Psalm 25:14