5 #Biblical Promises for #2020

I don’t know about you, but I am tired.  Weary of many things, many circumstances I expected to be better by now, back to “normal”.  It is times like these, times of seemingly endless waiting, that the promises of God we daily take for granted are our only hope.  Here are five I am meditating on today.  I hope they encourage you as much as they did me.

1. We have salvation in Christ alone.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2. God gives us strength when we are weak.

 Isaiah 40:29-31

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases his strength.  Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up on wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

3. Nothing can separate us from God’s love.

Romans 8:37-38

. . . in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

4. God gives us rest when we are weary.

Matthew 11: 28-29

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 

5. God has overcome the world.

John 16:33

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace.  In the world you will have tribulation.  But take heart; I have overcome the world.