Every Promise Is True Joshua 23:14

14"Soon I will die, going the way of all the earth. Deep in your hearts you know that every promise of the Lord your God has come true. Not a single one has failed!



Joshua is in his final days in this life. He speaks to Israel on last time. He reminds them of all that God has done for them. This is the generation that God brought out of the wilderness and into the Promised Land. This is the generation whose fathers and mothers died in the wilderness because of their disobedience and their rejection of God's deliverance. Joshua tells the people, "14"Soon I will die, going the way of all the earth. Deep in your hearts you know that every promise of the Lord your God has come true. Not a single one has failed!"

Deep in your heart, you know that every promise that the Lord had given has come true. The children of Israel that Joshua spoke to, had no excuse not to trust God. None whatsoever. They knew deep in their hearts that God had kept all of His promises and that He would continue to do so. Just like this generation, our generation has no excuse either; for we too know deep in our hearts that God has kept every promise that He has ever made. We know that we ought to trust God.

The question is not "Can I trust God." The real question is, "Will I trust Him." This is all Joshua was trying to say to the people that he loved so much. He would go on to say to them, "Do not turn to the right or to the left but stay the coarse and keep God's commandments and obey His statutes so that He can continue to fight your battles and give you victory in every aspect of your lives."

That message has not changed! God is still in the blessing business! He still wants to bless us with His presence and His power and His provisions. He wants us to let Him be God in our lives. He wants to give us that land that is flowing with milk and honey and He wants us to dwell in that land and bask in the glory of His blessings. All He wants from us is our obedience and our trust in Him and His way for our lives.

We want to do things our way and we want to satisfy the desires of our heart as we see fit. However, God gave us those desires so that He could satisfy them. His laws and His direction is there for our benefit. His promises are everywhere telling us that He knows what is best for our lives and that He will satisfy the desires of our heart with the desires of His heart and all we have to do to have life and have it more abundantly is to take Him at His Word and follow His direction and He will do for us what we cannot do for ourselves.

This has always been God's desire and it always will be. Deep in your hearts you know that every promise of the Lord your God has come true. Not a single one has failed! Stay the coarse and give God every opportunity to do for you today what He so much wants to do! Let the testimony of your heart and the witness of your life be, "I trust You Lord with my life." He will not let you down!