Promises Kept

“Our God is Love, unchanging Love,
And can we ask for more?
Our prayer for Love's increase is vain;
'Twas infinite before.
Ask not the Lord with breath of praise
For more than we accept;
The open fount is free to all,
God's promises are kept.”¹

“God’s promises are kept!”

This sounds wonderful! It has to be wonderful if God is promising something. But what are these promises. What is a promise?

A promise is “a declaration that one will do or refrain from doing something specified.”²

Such as when God promised to Abram, “Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.” ³

“And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.”⁴
“And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.”⁵

But those promises are so far ago. Do those promises hold any promise for us today? Are they just about what those men were going through? NO! We all turn back to the Bible to see the promises and examples of God’s Power. But not to look longingly at what they had, but to see what we’re included in. The examples are to show the humility, meekness and love these men had and their turning to God every step of the way. But they also show God’s faithful works. Those ‘lands’ for Abram wasn’t for just him but for generations up to this date. Those commandments weren’t for just Moses and the Israelites but for us all to follow and be safe within. Solomon’s genuine heart, desiring for a higher sense of wisdom and ability wasn’t just for his age and time. But it reveals to us all that when we turn to God for His wisdom and intelligence we get bountifully more than just what we ask for. It reveals every time that what God gives isn’t meagerly but full and running over, blessings that are generational not just personal.

Christ Jesus said, “I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.  Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”⁶

Mary Baker Eddy, the founder and leader of Christian Science, stated in her thirty-two point platform found in her chapter, Science of Being, “Jesus demonstrated Christ; he proved that Christ is the divine idea of God—the Holy Ghost, or Comforter, revealing the divine Principle, Love, and leading into all truth.”⁷ ALSO, “This Comforter I understand to be Divine Science.”⁸

Divine Science is the Science of the Christ activity that animated all in the Bible in their healing, protective, life changing work. It was best exemplified by Christ Jesus but it was expressed by all that were doing the work and commands of God. Moses in the parting of the waters; David in killing the threat of the giant; Ruth in staying with her mother-in-law and giving to her care and tenderness; Elijah and Elisha; Jacob and Paul, to just mention a tiny few.

We are not aimless, hapless, struggling people. We are the offspring of the Father-Mother, God. We can look throughout the Bible to see for ourselves His Holy promises. They are given to everyone, which includes me, you, all of  us. His promise includes the healing activity of the Christ. His promises lift us from our mortal views to His range of infinite blessings.

BUT—“No doubt must intervene between the promise and event; faith and resolve are friends to Truth; seize them, trust the divine Providence, push upward our prayer in stone,—and God will give the benediction [blessing].”⁹

“God is Love.”¹⁰ We are “daily His delights.”¹¹ He does bring us out of all bondages—temptations, fears, anxieties, doubts, sins, sickness, and death. We can count on His promises. We can rejoice in His presence. We can feel His Holy Power. Let us not take and hide His promises from our lives through doubt. Let us take up our faith and resolve that Truth does bring His promises to fruition. Let us take hold of this, be aware of these promises and push upward our prayers from hope, concern, doubt to expectancy, strength and enduring love. God will then give His benediction, His blessings!

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1 Christian Science Hymnal No 269 vs. 1

2 Merriam-Webster Dictionary CD for computers
3 The King James Version of The Holy Bible Genesis 13 vs. 15
4 ibid Exodus 24 vs. 12
5 ibid II Chronicles 1 vss. 11, 12
6 ibid John 14 vss. 16-18, 26, 27
7 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy page 332 lines 19-21
8 ibid pg 55 lines 28-29
9 Miscellaneous Writings by Mary Baker Eddy pg. 319-320 lines 28-2
10 The King James Version of The Holy Bible I John 4 vss. 8 and 16
11 ibid Proverbs 8 vs. 30