SCRIPTURE: 1Kings (NIV) 9:4 “As for you, if you walk before me in integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws, 5 I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
6 “But…
…if you or your sons turn away from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them, 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. Israel will then become a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.
OBSERVATION: In the verses above we read two very different promises. They were both made by the same God. They were both made to the same people. The first is something to eagerly anticipate; the second is something to dread.
APPLICATION: It would be a shame to think that only one, the one we liked, was true for us! It would be disastrous to think that only one of the promises was for us. It would be tragic to think that God was only prepared to fulfill the first one. It would be a grand mistake to think that “The Great Promise-keeper” would forget about the second promise.
It would be a grave mistake to think that God will overlook sin. Remember, it was He who sent His Son, Jesus, to die as the penalty for sin! This is not something He is likely to forget!!!
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, you are much too holy to forget any of your promises. For those who receive your Son, Jesus, as their Savior, He bore your promise of punishment for their sins so that they may share your promises of eternal blessings. I am trusting Jesus’ death on the cross to be the payment for my sins and I am placing Him as the head of my life. Amen
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