Leaning on His Promises

Have you ever made a promise you swore you would never break, only to break it anyway?  I've thought about promises that people make, promises that sometimes get broken, and some of the reasons why.  Some people lie about the promise initially, never intending to keep the promise.  Others are simply careless about their words, making the promise hastily and without thought.  These people forget their promises.  There are some people who take great care to make a promise they intend to keep.  They mean every word they say, but even so, circumstances cause them to break the promise.  Perhaps they got distracted by sin.  Maybe they simply did not have the authority to follow through and deliver the promise.

God is different.  He is the only Person who can and does keep every promise He ever made.  Consider this passage out of Hebrews:

"Now when people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding. God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind. So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us." ~Hebrews 6:16-19 (NLT)

God will deliver His promises.

... I just don't know when.