PROMISE #157 - JUNE 6
Promise #157:
I will not abandon you, for I am glad to make you my own.
1 Samuel 12:22 (WEB)
For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake,
because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people to himself.
Many people live with a persistent fear of being abandoned at any moment. Some of us feel this way because people have disappointed us in the past, while others lack a deep sense of belonging to anything or anyone.
I love this promise because the LORD is settling the issue once and for all by declaring that He has purposed in His heart not to abandon us for the sake of His own great name. Isn't it good news to think that it doesn't depend on you and your good works... but on Him?
This Bible verse states that God is genuinely pleased to welcome you into His family, and for that reason alone, He has promised to always remain close by.
When I read this promise and think that I belong to God, it blows my mind. Why does He want me? Why am I so valued to Him? The reality is that it reflects His great heart for me and not my ability to earn or deserve His affection. The more I can believe that it is about God's love for me, rather than my love for Him, the more I will begin to experience the tangible reality of living in His love every day of my life.
I do not always live in the awareness of His love for me, as there is still a little orphan in my soul that sometimes strays from the truth that I belong to God. Perhaps you struggle with the same things. If so, my prayer for all of us is that we would understand that our Heavenly Father is pleased to make us a part of His family…forever!
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I will not abandon you, for I am glad to make you my own.
1 Samuel 12:22 (WEB)
For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake,
because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people to himself.
Many people live with a persistent fear of being abandoned at any moment. Some of us feel this way because people have disappointed us in the past, while others lack a deep sense of belonging to anything or anyone.
I love this promise because the LORD is settling the issue once and for all by declaring that He has purposed in His heart not to abandon us for the sake of His own great name. Isn't it good news to think that it doesn't depend on you and your good works... but on Him?
This Bible verse states that God is genuinely pleased to welcome you into His family, and for that reason alone, He has promised to always remain close by.
When I read this promise and think that I belong to God, it blows my mind. Why does He want me? Why am I so valued to Him? The reality is that it reflects His great heart for me and not my ability to earn or deserve His affection. The more I can believe that it is about God's love for me, rather than my love for Him, the more I will begin to experience the tangible reality of living in His love every day of my life.
I do not always live in the awareness of His love for me, as there is still a little orphan in my soul that sometimes strays from the truth that I belong to God. Perhaps you struggle with the same things. If so, my prayer for all of us is that we would understand that our Heavenly Father is pleased to make us a part of His family…forever!
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