Kept Promises

God always keeps His promises. Even when all the evidence seems to point otherwise.

2 Chronicles 22 tells of a wretched time in Judah when, to all appearances, it seemed that all the royal line of the king had been wiped out, and a daughter of Ahab was ruling. For six years she ruled. It would have been hard as a follower of Jehovah to keep the faith; to believe that somehow, in some way, God was still keeping His promise that David's line would continue to have a king to rule God's people.

Yet God was not silent, nor inactive, nor caught off-guard by events. He was orchestrating everything, even in the silence. He still had a son of David waiting to become king, at the right time.

Years later when exile would come, it would be even harder to believe that the promises were being kept. The kingdom was destroyed and its people taken captive. The temple was torn down, and the worship of God had ceased. Where was the line of David now? Where was Messiah to come? Yet God was working even in the darkness. Perhaps that is how He works best sometimes: in ways we cannot see nor fathom. One day the kingdom of Israel would be restored, for a while. One day Messiah would come - not as they expected, but in God's wiser ways. One day the true King would reign forever.

And so God's promises never fail! Even when we can see nothing because of the darkness; when our human minds cannot come up with any way for God to be keeping His promises in the midst of the present situation; when there is no light for our way. Yet believe and do not falter. God has promised. He will fulfill His word!