This post is part of a 40-Day Prayer Journey through the season of Lent. Click here to learn more and read other posts in the series.
“He who was seated on the throne said, ‘I am making everything new!’ Then he said, ‘Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.’ He said to me: ‘It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children’” (Revelation 21:5-7).
Never make a promise you can’t keep.
That lesson was drilled into me as I was growing up. My parents wanted me to know the importance of keeping my word once I gave it. If I said I was going to empty the dishwasher or clean my room, they wanted me to mean what I said—and actually do those things.
Why?
Broken promises lead not only to disappointment, but they also lead to trust being broken between you and the person to whom you’ve made those promises. That broken trust will impact the believability of any future promises you make.
What an incredible God we have, that he is able to say, “I am making everything new! Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true. It is done.”
Even though this promise has not yet been fulfilled, because it was given to us by our God, we can absolutely live with the confidence and assurance that it’s as good as done. God says it, and it will be so.
God has given us this awesome pattern throughout the pages of Scripture, right from the very beginning of Genesis. With the words, “Let there
be . . . ” and there was, God was demonstrating his divine character to be trustworthy and true.
Think of all the promises made and kept by God throughout the Bible. From the promise of a Savior in the Garden of Eden, to his preservation of his people and the line of the Savior throughout the ages, God was showing again and again that he is a God who keeps his word. He doesn’t give out empty promises that he can’t keep.
When God says that our sins are forgiven in Jesus, we can know by God’s grace and through Spirit-worked faith alone that we are forgiven. When he says that we’re his children, we can know that we absolutely are dearly loved. When he says that there’s a home in heaven waiting for us, we know that there is and that he will one day take us there to be with him.
Our God and his Word are trustworthy and true. Dear Christian, God keeps all of his promises to you. They’re as good as done because our God says they are. They never fail.
If you’re following along, this is the final day in our prayer challenge through Lent. Today is Saturday. Good Friday is behind us, and Easter Sunday lies ahead.
We’re waiting to run to the empty tomb with the women and the disciples, but right now, the stone is still in place, and the tomb is still shut. But we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that come Sunday morning, the stone will be rolled away, and the tomb will be empty with the graveclothes neatly folded where our Savior once lay.
Today as you pray, boldly and confidently ask God to continue reminding you that he is trustworthy and true. Ask that God would continue to point people to their Savior through Word and sacraments.
And by God’s grace alone, dear Christian, he will. Why? Because our God keeps all his promises.
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Alex Brown is the marketing and content copywriter at Northwestern Publishing House. He has his Master of Divinity degree from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary and enjoys reading, writing, and spending time in God’s creation.
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