Thoroughly tested Promises
from Life Matters
"Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them" (Psalm 119:140). Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible and virtually every verse praises some aspect of God's Word. The Psalmist David seems to be in a crescendo of deep appreciation for the Word of God and yet the "Bible" he had would have been essentially the first five books of our present Bible - perhaps along with some of the historical books (hardly among our favourite sources of promises!) "Your promises have been thoroughly tested." Dr. Herbert Lockyer's book titled "All the Promises In The Bible" lists over 8,000 promises. These promises are definite, explicit declarations God has made that we can all rely on. Notice, His promises are "thoroughly tested." The actual Hebrew words convey 'a poker that's constantly in the fire' - in the refining process of gold. The Amplified Bible states "tried, tested and well refined." Consider how these "promises", that David had regarded as being "tried, tested and well refined," have been around an additional three thousand years since his writing! And now we have the entire Bible as a source of revelation from God and a greater source from which to glean His promises. Notice, in the New Testament Peter writes of God's "exceeding great and precious promises" (2 Peter 1:4). We're certainly blessed aren't we!
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