"The Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother he must not
come at all times into the Holy of Holies within the veil before
the mercy seat upon the ark, lest he die (as his sons did after
offering false fire before the Lord) for I will appear in
the cloud on the mercy seat."
(Leviticus 16:2)
"The Lord has sworn and will not revoke or change it;
You are a priest forever, after the manner
and order of Melchizedek."
(Psalm 110:4)
"Accordingly, God also, in His desire to show more convincingly
and beyond doubt to those who were to inherit the promise the
unchangeableness of His purpose and plan, intervened with an oath.
This was so that, by two unchangeable things, His promise and His oath,
in which it is impossible for God ever to prove false or deceive us, we
who have fled to Him for refuge might have mighty indwelling strength
and strong encouragement to grasp and hold fast the hope appointed
for us and set before us.
Now we have this hope as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul,
it cannot slip and it cannot break down under whoever steps out upon it-
a hope that reaches farther and enters into the very certainty of the
Presence within the veil.
Where Jesus has entered in for us, in advance, a Forerunner,
having become a High Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
(Hebrews 6:17-20)
Did anyone ever tell you that they would do something for you
that needed to be done, and then they didn't do it? Did anyone ever
promise you something and then break that promise? Were you
ever lied to? Did you ever count on someone for support, and
then just when you need it you found that your friend was not
in a position to give that support?
Did you ever read a brochure about a vacation spot, and when
you got there found that the modern cabin in the photograph
was the only one at the place and it was occupied?
If these situations ring a bell with you, then you know
what it is like to be disillusioned or deceived.
Deception-what a disabling, evil element. Falsehood, misrepresentation,
fabrication, dishonesty, fraud-all synonymous with deception.
I have used these words to illustrate what God is not.
We tend to be skeptical because of past experiences. We want
everything proven to us before we believe. Why? Because we may
have believed something once too often, and been deceived one
time too many. We are more acquainted with lies than the truth.
God knows that we are more apt to be skeptical than believing.
Yet we remain gullible and vulnerable. He knows that even with
the intense conditioning most of us have had, we want to believe.
We are immensely relieved when we can find an honest friend
whom we can trust. God can be to us that friend.
Listen to His words from Hebrews 6:18:
"It is impossible for God to lie." Think about it-impossible.
When God makes a promise, you can count on Him to keep it.
"Keeping Promises"
A devotional by Neva Coyle
(1943 -
Best-selling Christian author
and motivational speaker
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