The journey to the promise is what builds our faith and is why we so desperately need God’s daily grace. The journey is naturally what we resist when it becomes physically taxing and is what we tend to want to give up on because it’s taking too long. But it’s in the journey that we learn to appreciate the promise that kept us going. The longer the journey – the greater the reward. To be faithful to the journey will greatly benefit others as well as yourself.
So, what has God promised you? If I’m a Christian, I could say that God has promised me “salvation” and to be with my Lord forever. And this is true! But what has God promised you on THIS side of heaven? Tribulation? No, that is not a promise; that is a fact. And the Lord has given the faithful a promise for the tribulation/persecution we go through simply because we’re His servants. But I’m talking about a personal promise with its own unique journey.
Have you ever heard God tell you what He wants to give you, or do for you? Because when God says, “I will….” that is a promise from God.