2 Cor 1:20

"For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us" 2 Cor 1:20

Some things in life have to be predictable. Imagine a world where the forces of gravity change every morning. One day you get out of bed and can't move because you weigh 600 pounds. The next day you weigh 35 pounds and can jump 100 feet high! Or, suppose from one day to the next the traffic laws changes. Today you drive on the left side - tomorrow you drive on the right. Imagine the turmoil when we forgot which day was which.

We have come to expect some consistency in our lives. Without it chaos would reign supreme. Now think about our world as it exists today. Moral values are based upon what the "majority" (more likely a group of people who choose to be the morals police of the nation) of the people think they are. When I was a youth - back in the dark ages - TV standards didn't allow people to get into bed with each other. Even husband and wife slept in separate beds or always appeared with one foot on the floor. Now, because people have changed their moral foundation to meet their present expectations. Anything goes on TV. Husband and wife, boy friend and girlfriend, man and man, woman and woman, it makes no difference, they get into bed together - and not just to have a nice conversation!

Not so with God. Today's verse says that when He makes a promise, He keeps it. Whether it is a promise of blessing, or a promise of discipline, or a promise of destruction, God keeps his promises. You can count on it. You can also count upon His grace and mercy tempering the promises of evil. God is very patient with us - He gives us sufficient warning - but He always follows through. Ask the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah. Ask King David. Ask Ananias and Sapphira.

Isn't it good to know that something - no - Someone in this world is consistent? Amen and Amen.