Seize the Moment – Day 330
Promises Comes with Practices!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, February 10.
Did you know that every promise of God comes with an invitation for you to put it into practice?
Listen to this as Peter closes his first letter in 1 Peter 5:6-11,
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you. To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.
What are the promises of God in this passage?
- God has a mighty hand and will exalt you at the proper time.
- God cares about you.
- You are not alone in your suffering.
- God will perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
- God has dominion forever.
What are the corresponding invitations?
- Humble yourself and don’t focus your efforts on defending or vindicating yourself.
- Cast all of your anxieties on God.
- Resist the temptation to take suffering personally.
- Persevere in God’s grace through the gift of your faith.
Seize the moment and trust God because all things for all time are in His loving hands. His promises are yours and you are invited to walk in them.
Let’s recite our memory verse for this week together. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).