By Pastor Dr. Aggrey Soyekwo
2 Samuel 7:28 "O Sovereign LORD, you are God! Your words are trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant." - NIV
David was responding to God’s favorable word through prophet Nathan to him, his family and generations to come. It followed his concern and desire to build a temple for God. In that word, God made several promises to David. In response, with deep gratitude, David acknowledged God as Sovereign, His words to be trustworthy and His promises reliable. He was then sure that whatever God had spoken to him would come true.
We live in a fallen world where lying is commonplace, from individuals, groups to nations. Many don’t tell the truth, or don’t commit themselves to their own promises. They may say one thing and yet do another, or take their commitments lightly. This has caused many problems in the world. People and even nations hardly trust each other, each suspicious of another. Because of this, some tend to think and believe God acts similarly like men, by not being true to His words sometimes. And so they take God’s word lightly or don’t trust it at all.
Friends, God is never a liar. We have the blessed assurance that He is faithful to every word and promise He made or makes. As long as He uttered it, so shall it be in it’s time. His word is full of promises, exhortations and commitments which speak to our various needs and situations of life and we can claim for ourselves. Although they were not made directly to us, it’s principles apply to us. You can stand on His promises that never fail. Hallelujah!
Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?"
Isaiah 55:11 "So also will be the word that I speak — it will not fail to do what I plan for it; it will do everything I send it to do."
Shalom