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God’s Promise of Blessing Our Courage
This promise of God is a powerful encouragement!
The promise here is that when you choose courage and put your trust in Him, God will give you strength!
But, not just any kind of strength.
The kind of strength that, no matter the trial, ensures you will come out on the other side victoriously!
God’s Promise of Inner Strength
God has given us a promise that, if we wait and trust in Him, He will renew our inner strength!
The “Heart” spoken of here is the center of your emotions, will, and spirit.
The promise is, that if we wait on God’s will to come to pass, we will receive deep and spiritually sustaining strength – not just physical endurance.
Wait, I say, on the LORD!
God’s Promise of Personal Communion
A very special promise is given to all those who love and fear God!
They will be taught by God in the way God chooses, which will always be the best way!
We are also promised that, if we would love God and fear Him, our souls will dwell at ease and our children will be blessed!
To this person, God will speak in personal communion and He will show them the full power of His covenant with them!
God’s Promise of Access
In this verse, we are given a promise of great insight from God!
It is the knowledge of who will have access into the kingdom of God and stand in His holy place.
This promise is not for everyone. But it is for those who daily put forth the effort to live this life with spiritually clean hands, a pure heart, and not give in to vanity and deceit.
This is promise worth holding on to!
God’s Promise That We Will Be Fully Satisfied
We are given here a promise of wisdom.
It is the promise that if we live with a respectful fear of God in our hearts, we will be guided toward spiritual life rather than death.
The “evil” spoken of here (Hebrew word: ra ah) is the evil consequence for sin, known in the New Testament as “sowing and reaping”.
When we respectfully fear the LORD, we will be satisfied in Him and not feel the need to pursue sin for our satisfaction.
Because of this, we will not have to face the consequences for sin.
We are promised that we will live satisfied in God’s will!
God’s Promise of Spiritual Strength and Fruitfulness
Here in Psalm 1, we find a promise from God that, if we keep ourselves pure from the ways of the ungodly, the sinners, and the scornful, then we will receive the blessing of spiritual strength and fruitfulness!
Even when things around us make it seem like we are in a dry land, our spiritual life will not whither and our works will prosper!
God’s Promise of Peace
These verses keep us reminded that we are not called to live with an anxious spirit about things that are going on around us or within us.
We are called by God to live in the spirit of prayer and thanksgiving!
The promise from God is that when we purpose to live this way, peace that can only come from God will come to our lives and keep our hearts and minds protected through Christ Jesus!
God’s Promise to Prepare a Place for Those Who Trust in Him
In this verse, Jesus makes a promise that can encourage any child of God to continue to trust in Him!
It is the promise that where Jesus is we will one day be.
Remember, He is preparing that place especially for us and once we are in that place with Him, we will never have to leave His presence!
God’s Promise to Direct Our Paths
This scripture offers timeless wisdom about trusting God and seeking His guidance in every aspect of life.
It encourages us to trust in God’s character and in His wisdom.
When we are tempted to trust our own understanding, take up the challenge to completely depend on God’s understanding and watch Him do great things!
God’s Promise to Work All Things Together for Our Good
We find in this scripture yet another reason for spiritual endurance; knowing that all the things that transpire in our lives are allowed by God with an ordained purpose!
Knowing this, let us go on for the Lord trusting His will and His ways in our lives!
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