God's Promises

John 14:1-3 "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." Christ's promise from John 14 gave me great comfort, not only can I anticipate His return, but I can also know He will provide comfort for me in TODAY. Christ's promise my comfort by sending the Comforter, who is the Holy Spirit. In John 14:1-6, Jesus tried to comfort the disciples by saying, "I want you to trust these three things: My presence, My promises, and My Person. If you really trust Me, you won't worry." When King David said, "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living" in Psalm 27:13, I am reminded of another verse in another psalm "Mine eyes are unto thee, O God, the Lord; in thee is my trust" (Psalm 141:8). Christ wanted the disciples to believe in Him like David did in God. In David's darkest hour, He told him to trust Him. Just because they wouldn't be able to see Him didn't mean He wouldn't be present. When we our faith is based on sight, comfort and blessings; we are operating on the lowest level of faith. Throughout the Bible, God is repeating Himself by saying as He said in Deuteronomy 31:6, Moses told the people of Israel, "Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be afraid ... for the Lord thy God, he it is who doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee." The Jewish people firmly believed that God was with them. Jesus reminded the disciples of that SAME fact to us. Great Faiths of the Old Testament believed in God even though they had never seen His form nor seen their promises before they died. They trusted in His care without ever seeing a protecting hand. They had full faith in an invisible God!. In 2 Corinthians 4:18 says So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. God is eternal, not temporal therefore His promises are ETERNAL. Psalm 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Psalm 21:6 Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence. Psalm 119:89 [ l Lamedh ] Your word, O LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. Isaiah 26:4 Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal. John 6:27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval." John 12:25 The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 2 Thessalonians 2:16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope. Hebrews 9:15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. Hebrews 13:20 May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep. 1 John 2:25 And this is what he promised us—even eternal life. Jude 1:21 Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.