God remembers His holy promise.

Psalm 105:42

“For He [earnestly] remembered His holy word and promise to Abraham His servant”.

Humankind can forget, their power of recall can fail them but not God. Man can suffer memory loss but God can’t. Time and age may affect man’s ability to remember things but it does not have any such effect on God. Beloved, God Almighty always remembers HIS promise. The promise of the LORD God is Holy. It is holy because He cannot violate His own promise. His promise must surely come to pass He will never, never, never... lie. Amen!  

When God remembered His holy promise to Abraham, he released the children of Israel from bondage and slavery in Egypt. He sent forth Moses, the deliverer, to go and demand their release. He anointed him with power and authority, thus equipping him for the task. He afflicted the Egyptians with plagues and diseases because they did not agree to release them. He smote every first born Egyptian and animal before their eventual release.

“And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing, and everlasting joy, shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away (Isaiah 35:10)”.

God showed His people mercies all through the time that led to their rescue. Apart from protecting them from the plagues and diseases and other judgments He meted out to the Egyptians, He released them with silver and gold in their kitty. They came out rich and wealthy. Their bodies and spirits were broken because of dehumanization and slavery but they were released with honour and dignity. They were brought out without one person being sick or feeble.

God cares for and protects His people; even in the time of danger in order to keep His holy promise. Beloved, whatever promise God made to you He will jealously guard and protect you in order to bring it to pass. He will care for you in between the time of bringing His promise to pass in your life. He can never abandon you neither will He abandon His promise.

God took special care of the children of Israel in the wilderness. There was a pillar of cloud in the day and a pillar of fire in the night. The pillar of cloud was a canopy of His protection and the pillar of fire provided light and warmth in the night and prevented them from being attacked by the enemies. God opened the rock and water came out to satisfy and quench their thirst.   

Signs of times of the promise of God.

Acts 7:17-19.

“But as the time for the fulfilment of the promise drew near which God has made to Abraham, the [Hebrew] people increased and multiplied in Egypt. Until [the time when] there arose over Egypt another and a different king who did not know Joseph [neither knowing his history and services nor recognizing his merits]. He dealt treacherously with and defrauded our race; he abused and oppressed our forefathers, forcing them to expose their babies so that they might not be kept alive”.

Beloved, we already know that satan cannot stop the promise of God from coming to pass but I want to let you know that he does not fold his hands and watch the promise of God come to pass. He launches attack after attack in a bid to scuttle the promise of God. He tries one form of trickery or the other in order to ruin the promise of God. But he will always fail as usual.

When the time of the holy promise of God draws near, it sometimes becomes a time of suffering. It is also a time of growth for the children of God. You will grow in spite of a barrage of attacks being thrown your way by the enemy of your life and destiny in Jesus name. Amen! Usually it is satan who instigates this suffering and hardship. Sometimes he stirs up persecution against the people of God. But God is not unmindful of his antics for He is always with His people. A period such as this is the time when God’s people increase in leaps and bounds. Similarly, it is the time when the church of Jesus Christ on Earth grows.

When persecution started against the early church, when they were being killed for professing to be followers of Jesus Christ, God was with them. On one occasion 5000 [Acts 4:4] souls were converted to the church by Apostle Peter, on another 3000 [Acts 2:41] souls were won for Christ. The church will continue to grow and grow till the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ reaches all the nations of the Earth. The gates of hell cannot prevail against the church of Jesus Christ. Amen!

When the time for God to fulfil His holy promise to Abraham came, satan raised another pharaoh in Egypt who did not recognise the achievements and feats made by Joseph in Egypt and so he oppressed and depressed the people of God. These extreme hardships were concocted by satan and his agent Pharaoh in order to delay the promise of God from coming to pass. Attempts will be made by the enemy to keep you in perpetual bondage but His [Gods] promised deliverance will, in no doubt, come your way. The enemy may want to keep you perpetually in debt but God will surely rescue you out of the debt burden or trap.

It is a time of the testing of your faith. Your faith can be stretched to the limit when Gods time of promise draws close. You are likely to be tested in so many areas of your life to know how steadfast you are in the Lord. Events and happenings that will shape up your faith in God will crop up. If you pass this test you are on your way to the Promised land, on your way to the realization of God’s precious gift that will change your life and destiny to the best.