Her or his promise

The world lives on promises that it does not know if they will be fulfilled. The Christian rests in the faithfulness of God. Difficult days and moments may come, but rest assured that God will not fail you. The fullness of life in Christ comes true through His promise, the common thread of the Word from Adam to Jesus. The promise makes us heirs to the Kingdom, from which we already enjoy many of its benefits. God's promise to Abraham consisted of a blessing to all the nations of the earth through his seed. Christ is that seed who came to this world to bless all the people who receive him through faith. Living with an eye on the promise is not unfolding chimeras in the air, but living confident that God's plan for our lives has meaning, is immutable and nothing and no one can change it. In Jesus all the covenants that God made to his people are fulfilled and the promise ceased to be a longed for hope because He became true, incredibly real.

My first year in the Vineyard of the Lord was full of trials: I lost my job in a jiffy for no apparent reason, some criminals robbed my barns, my married life was weak, personally some very close friends until then were moving away because of of my new religious inclination. Despite my growing faith, I experienced a sense of uncertainty that I could not explain. God sent an angel with a divine message that kindled my dull conscience with mercy:

"Hold on to the promise with faith," that brother told me, "and you will see the hand of God on you."

The storm passed, but only after a few years in the gospel did I understand what he meant by "the promise."

The truth is that we overlook or read “in a row” so many passages of the Word that will accompany us throughout our lives. But God is faithful; His promise to us is fulfilled every day we walk with Christ. Isn't the promise to see the ways in which God sustains us? Or the answer to a pleaded prayer in our intimacy with Him? Or perhaps the healing of a hopeless sick person for whom we beg his eternal mercy? The Word says that God is faithful, that he keeps his covenant for generations and shows his faithfulness to those who love and obey him (Dt 7.9). It is not even by our obedience that the Lord keeps his promises, but by the exclusive merit of Christ.

We all live by the promise. It is what the Father wants; that we be branches grafted to the vine to impact a world that knows a lot about covenants, treaties and resolutions, but not about covenants, much less about this glorious covenant that He made with His children and that is founded on the promise of an eternity in Your presence.

The apostle Peter inflames our hearts with joy when he tells us in the name of the Lord: “Thus God has given us his precious and magnificent promises so that you, after escaping from the corruption that exists in the world due to evil desires, may have part in the divine nature ”(2P 1.4)

In Christ we have seen the promise of the Eternal, through Him we have more than an inheritance: we have Him!

God bless you!