It’s a beautiful day to be a neighbor.
Today’s Family Wins devotional reflects on Hebrews 6:17 — “Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.”
“Promises are like pie crusts, made to be broken.” Too often that’s true, at least among people. But don’t view God’s promises that way. When He speaks, a promise made is as good as a promise kept. The Old Testament is full of examples of God keeping His word when others broke theirs, and Hebrews 6 reassures us of His faithfulness to His covenants. They are as sure as the ground you walk on. Charles Spurgeon points out why so many believers feel weak: they don’t treat God’s promises as realities. When a friend makes a promise, we count on it and look for what it secures. But God’s declarations often get treated like words that mean very little. That dishonors the Lord and hurts us. Rest assured, the Lord never trifles with words. “Does he speak and then not act?” (Numbers 23:19). His engagements are always kept. Can anyone find a single instance in which our God has been false to His word? The ages cannot produce one proof that the promise-making Jehovah has gone back on what He said. Let two verses testify, one from the Old Testament and one from the New. “God is not human, that he should lie” (Numbers 23:19). And “No matter how many promises God has made, they are ‘Yes’ in Christ. And so through him the ‘Amen’ is spoken by us to the glory of God” (2 Corinthians 1:20). God’s promises were not made to be broken. They were made to be kept.
After you listen, go back and read Hebrews 6:13-20 for yourself — open your devotional to page 764, pull up the app, or grab your free copy at mindwolves.com/tfw. Let God speak to you directly, in your own time, in your own home.
A godly husband isn’t made in a day. Neither is a godly wife, a godly father, or a godly mother. They’re made in moments like this one — one verse, one choice, one day at a time.
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Grace and peace to you and your home.