I Promise

Advent is like living in anticipation of a promise that has already been fulfilled, while learning to hope in another that is yet come to fruition.

We live in a world full of promises. 

You can't turn the television on, drive down the road, or walk into a coffee shop without adds blaring at you promising you a "better life." You can get smooth skin, a skinny belly, and hair where you want it and no hair in places you don't if you try their product or worship their god.
From political campaigns to pinky swears our world is full of promises. 

But the problem is these promises hardly ever pan out, do they? 

Why is that? 

I mean, do we even really know what a real promise looks like anymore? 

Actually, we are mere mortals, who instead of controlling the world around us, are tossed around by it. Tossed around by our desires, by disasters, by the domino effect our world has upon us.
We can't control the world, we barely control ourselves.

So who are we, humanity, to make promises? 

Truth is, God is the only One who is able to make real promises.
He is the only One who can rightly keep His word... who has the authority, the position, the power to do so. He is the only One who is truly faithful. 

God comes through on His promises.

So, when He says in Jeremiah 33:14-16, “I will cause a Righteous Branch to sprout up for David,”

“He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.”

^“Judah will be saved,”
“Jerusalem will dwell securely”  
… When He promises, Justice, Salvation, and Deliverance…
Do You Trust Him?

This season of Advent, as you wait for the coming of our Lord. May you experience true hope in the promises of our God. The God who always does what He says.
May you learn to trust in Him and may you hope extravagantly!