Tag: Promise of God

God Promises Fruitfulness, Now Act Accordingly

I have come to the last entry in my concordance with regard to fruitfulness, which means I will be moving to another word to study in God’s Word. Today I have the honor of learning to act accordingly. God made the promises that He would make me fruitful thanks to my reverence, obedience, and fear of Him. Now it is up to me to follow through and live out my end of the promise and He will certainly live out His end.

“11And I will multiply on you man and beast, and they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in your former times, and will do more good to you than ever before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.” – Ezekiel 36:11 (ESV)

The above is from Ezekiel’s prophesy to the Mountain of Israel. Ezekiel foretold the fruitfulness that will befall us. I am grateful for having God’s Word to read and review and learn from. I know what is to be going on with me and my life and relationship with God. I will fear, be reverent, and be obedient to Him and in turn, He will make me fruitful and multiply.

The thing I have to remember is that God’s promise of fruitfulness is contingent on my acting accordingly. I will not receive the blessings and then have the opportunity to worship Him. I worship Him and then He provides. I have to do the work, knowing that God will do His part according to His promise. This all starts with my giving of my life to the LORD by accepting His gift of salvation. And once I have accepted salvation, I am driven to continue in awe of the LORD.

The LORD has promised to provide for me. He will make me fruitful and will bless me as I wander this world. It is up to me to act according to those ways in demonstration of my love and reliance on Him.

What are you doing to act accordingly? Are you expecting God to do His part and then you do yours? What if you were to do your part and be in fear, be reverent, and be obedient of/to the LORD and KNOW the He will fulfill His promise of fruitfulness?

Christ’s as Promised

The promise of belonging to Christ is upheld from the beginning. Hear me out here. Abraham was chosen and blessed by God to be the father of nations. Remember that Abraham belonged to God. As a descendant of Abraham, therefor I belong to God. Jesus was a descendant of Abraham and therefor Jesus and I are brothers. As Jesus is Christ and Christ is God, I therefor belong to Christ.

“29And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.” — Galatians 3:29 (ESV)

I know that was a bit much to go through and believe me, there is a lot more to it, but that is the basics. I belong to Christ and that all was promised from the time of Abraham. I am Christ’s through the lineage of Abraham. It was promised to Abraham that his offspring would be numbered as many as the stars.

“4I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,” — Genesis 26:4 (ESV)

Abraham (who belonged to God) was promised to have a lineage that was virtually infinite. I am in that lineage and therefor through that lineage belong to God as well. It was foretold and promised and God’s promises are kept and unchanged.

I have to look backward to move forward. My wife, as a teacher of history, harps on the idea that we look to the past to avoid the same mistakes in the future. We should also look to the past to understand our own future. Here, in looking back at my belonging in the lineage of Abraham, I know that I belong to Christ as he did and therefor I know my future with Christ will be great and rewarding.

I belong to Christ through promises of God. As God’s promises are unchanged and will always be fulfilled, I am confident in my future.

What promises have you had in your past? Are you trying to make sense of something “someone” told you as a promise and then were unable to keep it? What if you placed your faith in the promises of God, beginning with the promise of belonging to Him?