* + He Did What He Said

Now go and tell his disciples, including Peter, that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you before he died.
Mark 16:7 NLT

We live in a day of broken promises and empty words. The result is that no one trusts anyone or anything except themselves... and that's a mistake. BIG mistake. In our finite minds, we then tend to project that same perception onto the Lord - especially if we don't get the answer we wanted for something we prayed about.

I love this passage in Mark 16, and I know I just wrote about it recently, but I want to point out something important here. Jesus is going ahead of you (to Heaven). You will see Him, just as He said... All those who are in relationship with Him (disciples) AND the ones who are sincerely trying, but messing up (including Peter) - He's going ahead, but we'll see Him, just like He said...

John 14:1-3 NKJV, Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

Numbers 23:19 NLT God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?

He did what He said and He'll continue to do so. What or who are you gonna believe?

Prayer:

Father,

           Thank You for being a God of exceeding, precious promises and for being a God who cannot lie. Help us to see to the heart of the matter for those things in our lives that would cause us to not take You at Your Word. Deliver us from it and cleanse us from all unrighteousness and unbelief. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen