Standing on God's Promises

 

"Then I saw the angel who had been speaking to me step forward, and another angel came to meet him. The first one said to the other, 'Run and tell that young man with the measuring line that there are going to be so many people and so much livestock in Jerusalem that it will be too big to have walls. The LORD has promised that He Himself will be a wall of fire around the city to protect it and that He will live there in all His glory!'" (Zechariah 2:3-5)

God's beloved Jerusalem sits in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea. She has been destroyed twice, besieged twenty-three times, attacked fifty-two times, and captured and recaptured forty-four times. Yet God's promises for her future include perfect peace, abundant prosperity, and His faithful protection.

Beloved, focus on God's unseen promises yet to come over the troubles you see today. Stand firm on the promises of God!

" . . . two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them and said . . . 'This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way that you saw Him go to heaven." (Acts 1:10-11)

"Look, He is coming on the clouds! Everyone will see Him, including those who pierced Him . . . " (Revelation 1:7)

"There will be the shout of command, the archangel's voice, the sound of God's trumpet, and the Lord Himself will come down from heaven. Those who have died believing in Christ will rise to life first; then we who are living at that time will be gathered up along with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord." (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)

" . . . He will be called, Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over His kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this." (Isaiah 9:6-7)

"The angel said to me, 'These words are trustworthy and true . . . Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!" (Revelation 22:6,20)