‘I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass.’ Isaiah
46:11
Friends may fail to keep their promise to you, but not
God! He has put His reputation on the line by promising to perform every word
that He’s spoken. ‘You have magnified Your word above all Your name’ (Psalm
138:2 NKJV). If God has spoken it, He will do it! But there’s one qualifier: if
He’s decreed a condition, you must fulfil it in order to receive His promise.
After Elijah’s confrontation with Baal’s prophets on Mount Carmel, he told King
Ahab, ‘Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain’ (1 Kings
18:41 NIV 2011 Edition). Ahab ate and drank, and Elijah, atop Carmel, fell on
his face in prayer. It hadn’t rained in three and a half years, but Elijah
fulfilled God’s condition and the desperately needed rains came. Often we claim
God’s promises without checking the conditions. Yet His conditions are an
integral part of many of His promises - and He expects us to fulfil them. God
will do what He says if you follow the simple steps Elijah practised:
1) Believe the promise.
2) Fulfil the condition. 3) Pray persistently, believing God will keep His Word.
4) Be patient. Elijah sent his servant out seven times to look for signs of rain, never once doubting God’s promise. On the seventh time the rains began.
Question: are you being obedient to the conditions that
accompany the promise you’re claiming? Do your part and watch God honour His
word to you: ‘I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed
it, I will also do it.’
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