How well do you accept truth? Will you believe truth when you hear it? Do you know the good news? Have you heard the promises of God? Have you been sealed with the Holy Spirit? Do you know you have an inheritance? Do you know how you should react to all of this?
Truth can be hard to hear. We can fool ourselves into believing something other than the truth. The truth of God’s promises is good news. His promise of the Holy Spirit has God walking with us every day. His promise of salvation is a promise only he can make.
We have been redeemed through God’s promises. He sent his Son to be the perfect sacrifice, once for all. He promised our redemption through that sacrifice. He promised the gift of the Holy Spirit. He promised an inheritance when we accept Christ as Lord and Savior. God has delivered on his promises.
How are we to react to God’s fulfilment of his promises? We are to praise him. We are to give him the glory. We can do that in many forms. One way is by attending worship services. Another way is to give him the credit when we achieve something. Yet another way is to praise him for the beauty he has created in this world. In other words, we can praise him and give him the glory every day.
The apostle Paul says a lot with few words. He speaks truth succinctly. We need to unpack those truths and apply them in our lives. By applying them in our lives, we can live a more joyful life, rejoicing in God’s wonderful promises. We can live into those promises, holding onto them, even when things do not go as we would like.
I pray we all know God’s promises. I pray we live in the promises of God. I pray each one of us praise God in worship, in our achievements, and for the beauty he has created. Know God’s promises. Live in his promises. Apply his promises to your life. Hold onto his promises. Praise God for his promises.
Ephesians 1:13-14 In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory.
Marty Pressey 