Do you recall when you were young and your siblings and friends would taunt you with a challenge that would start something like this: “I betcha can’t…” And you would strive to prove them wrong by accepting the challenge.

God always, always always is ready to meet you right where you are and accept the challenge of convincing you that He loves you with an everlasting love and that He will keep His promises. As humans, we make half-hearted token promises that we may or may not keep depending on how hard they are for us to carry out and sometimes to whom we make them. God doesn’t worry about difficulty levels and He treats all people the same. If He put it in His Word, He keeps it.

Promises God Has Kept

1. He led the Israelite people to the promised land, keeping His covenant promise with Abraham.
2. He provided a Savior, just as he said He would in Genesis 3:15.
3. He promised Noah to never again destroy the earth with a flood. The rainbow is our sign that He remembers and is keeping His promise.
4. He promised that David would always have someone on the throne. Jesus is in the lineage of King David and He reigns eternally.
5. He promised to send the Holy Spirit to teach and guide us and remind us of everything that Jesus taught. The Holy Spirit resides inside us if we are Christians and is always right there to help us make right choices and to remember what a right choice looks like.

You see where I am going with this? God keeps His promises, every time. There are no days when we cannot depend on Him. What are some promises that you can think of that God has made real to you in your personal life?

My favorite promise is that Jesus said He would return, and we can count on the fact that He will so we need to be prepared.

These are scripture verses that remind me of God’s faithfulness, even in the hard times. Maybe I should say, especially in the hard times.

When I saw my neurologist yesterday for my EMG (a rough and terribly painful test), he said I would likely need surgery on my spine and the EMG showed some nerve damage from my spine being compressed. I told the doctor that my body is not in rebellion. Instead, it is holding a revolution. He chuckled at that. Then, I told him that I believed God would take care of me even though, as I said, “my warranty has expired.” I told Dr. Smith that I had prayed about my health issues with God and my “expired warranty” and He told me that He was with me until the end. The only way to renew my warranty is to go to see God. Well, I am ready when God is, but meanwhile, I am not betting against God. He always keeps His promises and He has promised to take care of me. Will life be easy? No, there are no promises for an “easy road” in life. The promise is that He will be right there, never leaving, always beside, before and behind us.

I hope that you are standing on God’s promises and not choosing to follow your own plans. Remember that when you bet against God, you cannot win. But when you stand with God, you cannot lose.