THE LORD GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES

PROCLAMATION

“… While Saul was king … God said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’ ”  1 Chronicles 11:2 (NIV)

EXPLANATION
The Book of First Chronicles repeats the history of the southern kingdom, Judah, from a different perspective than was presented in First and Second Samuel, and in First and Second Kings.  The eleventh chapter of First Chronicles presents the beginning of the reign of David as king of Israel. (1 Chronicles 11:1-3)  It then presents David’s conquest of Jerusalem and how he converted it into the City of David. (1 Chronicles 11:4-9)  Chapter eleven ends with a description of David’s mighty men, his chiefs and mighty warriors. (1 Chronicles 11:10-47)  The Lord God promised the prophet Samuel that David, the son of Jesse, would be king over Israel. (1 Samuel 16:1-13)  It was sometime later when that promise was fulfilled.  David was first anointed king over Judah (2 Samuel 2:4) and later as king over all of Israel. (2 Samuel 5:3)

APPLICATION

The Lord God keeps all of His promises.  The Bible is full of God’s promises.  Some of them have already been fulfilled, while others have yet to come to fruition, but all of them will be kept. (Matthew 5:18 and Luke 16:17)  For those of us who are impatiently awaiting the fulfillment of His promises, we need to remember that all things will be done in His time frame and to Him a day is like one thousand of our years. (2 Peter 3:8)  Everything will happen in due season.  We just need to learn to wait on The Lord. (Psalm 27:14 and Psalm 37:34)