Doing What He Says He Will Do

Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.
Hebrews 6:17

“Promises are like pie crusts—they’re made to be broken.” It’s a thought that’s too often true—at least in human circles. But don’t view God’s promises that way. When he speaks, a promise made is as good as a promise kept.

The Old Testament is filled with examples of God keeping his word when others broke theirs. And Hebrews 6 will reassure you of God’s faithfulness to his covenants. They are as sure as the ground you walk on. Charles Spurgeon calls attention to the stability of God’s promises.

WALK WITH CHARLES SPURGEON
“It is a cause of much weakness to many that they do not treat the promises of God as realities. If a friend makes a promise, they regard it as a substantial thing, and look for that which it secures; but the declarations of God are often viewed as words which mean very little.

“This is most dishonoring to the Lord and very injurious to us. Rest assured that the Lord never trifles with words. ‘Does he promise and not fulfill?’ (Numbers 23:19). His engagements are always kept.

“God speaks deliberately, in due order and determination, and we may depend upon it that his words are sure and will be fulfilled as certainly as they are uttered. Can an instance be found in which our God has been false to his Word? The ages cannot produce a single proof that the promise-making Jehovah has run back from that which he has spoken.”

WALK CLOSER TO GOD
Let these verses, one from the Old Testament and one from the New, testify regarding how well God keeps his word: “God is not human, that he should lie” (Numbers 23:19). “For no matter how many promises God has made, they are ‘Yes’ in Christ. And so through him the ‘Amen’ is spoken by us to the glory of God” (2 Corinthians 1:20).

God’s promises. They’re not made to be broken, but made to be kept.