God Is Able To Fulfill His Promises – Are We Willing?

We read in 2 Corinthians 9:8, “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:” (KJV)

As we continue our meditations on the theme ‘God is able’ here are some lessons we learnt.

1. God is able to keep us from falling – Even when everything around is constantly changing and even when we are challenged with hindrances and are sometimes prone to falter,

2. God is able to keep us and to present us faultless before His presence.

3. God is able to deliver us from every situation that seem to entangle us, and is able to lift us up.

4. God is also able to do far above what we can ask, think or even imagine.

Today’s meditation is based on Romans 4:21, “He was absolutely sure that God would be able to do what he had promised.”(GNB)

This is the testimony about Abraham, that he fully believed that God who promised was able to fulfill that promise in his life.

If the Lord has given a promise to someone, no matter how difficult it may seem to see its fulfillment, the Lord is able to fulfill it.

Let us try to understand why God gives us a promise. Promises are given by God to His children so that we can move from the level we are at to the higher level that God has ordained for us.

A good example that we will be looking at is the life of Joseph from the Old Testament.

God’s promise to Joseph through his dreams

We read in Genesis 37:5-8, “One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more. He said, "Listen to the dream I had. We were all in the field tying up sheaves of wheat, when my sheaf got up and stood up straight. Yours formed a circle around mine and bowed down to it." "Do you think you are going to be a king and rule over us?" his brothers asked. So they hated him even more because of his dreams and because of what he said about them.” (GNB)

Joseph was the eleventh son in a family of twelve boys. God gave Joseph a revelation about his future through dreams, and when Joseph shared these dreams with his brothers, it angered them greatly. The dreams of Joseph implied that Joseph would rule over his elder brothers, and when the older brothers perceived this, they hated Joseph even more.

If we want to see the fulfillment of God’s promises in our lives, we have to journey down the road that He has determined for us. God’s promises won’t be fulfilled then and there, but will be actualized in God’s time and this happens step by step.

Joseph grew up in his father’s house as his Dad’s favorite son. A couple of reason why this was so was because Joseph was the son of his father’s much loved wife, and also was born to him in his old age. There was therefore much love and security for Joseph as he was growing up. Honestly, there was no evidence that the dreams of Joseph would actually find fulfillment in his life time.

Oftentimes when God gives us a promise we may doubt if it could ever materialize in our lives. Remember that God is able to fulfill the promises He has made, no matter what our situation may be. As we move on this road towards the fulfillment of God’s promises, there will be many opportunities for us to deviate from the path, and these are pitfalls that we should avoid as we journey on. God’s purpose for us is that we move toward his higher calling, and as we do so there will be obstacles that we will have to overcome. When we make right decisions, and steer forward we will see that the promises of God are duly fulfilled in His time.

1. Let go of bitterness

We read in Genesis 37:23-24, “When Joseph came up to his brothers, they ripped off his long robe with full sleeves. Then they took him and threw him into the well, which was dry.” (GNB)

Joseph’s brother had gone far away from home in order to graze their cattle. Joseph’s father Jacob sent Joseph to his brothers with some food, to check up on them and bring him word again. As Joseph neared the place, his brothers identified him a long way off because Joseph wore a specially ornamented coat that his father had given to him, because he loved Joseph so much. As soon as they noted that their brother was coming to meet them, his brothers began to plot and planned to do away with Joseph. Joseph was alone, and had to contend with ten elder brothers who were against him. Joseph only told them his dreams, but this greatly angered his elder brothers. They could not bear to think that the dreams that Joseph had could someday become a reality, and that they would have to be subservient to him.