God Brings to Pass His Promises

“O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, ‘Why have you made me like this?’” [1]

God said to Moses, “’I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.’ So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.” [2]

Paul wanted his nation, made up of the Jewish people, to accept their Jesus Christ as their Messiah during his lifetime, but for the most part they did not. He wrote of his sorrow and deep love for them to the Christians in Rome. [3]

The Lord told Ananias that Paul was His chosen vessel to bear His Name to the Gentiles. [4] The Lord confirmed Paul’s calling to bring the Gospel to non-Jews to the teachers and prophets of the Church Antioch. The Holy Spirit spoke to them and said, “Separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” [5]

Soon after that, Paul encountered Jews in Antioch Pisidia who vehemently opposed his teaching about Christ, and he responded to them, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.” [6]

Paul expressed his grief to God that his Jewish nation did not receive their Jewish Messiah while the Gentiles did. He wrote to the Christians in Rome, “blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.” [7]

The Lord reveals to us in the Book of Revelation that Jews from the twelve tribes of Israel will eventually believe in and serve Christ. There will indeed be a great worldwide ingathering of new believers in that day. [8]

One takeaway from this teaching is not to allow the distance between us and victory to steal our joy away in the Lord today. Rejoice in what GOD IS DOING! Trust in GOD! GOD will bring to pass what He has promised to do.

[1] Romans 9:20
[2] Romans 9:15-16
[3] Romans 9:1-3
[4] Acts 9:15
[5] Acts 13:1-2
[6] Acts 13:46
[7] Romans 11:25
[8] Revelation 7:3-9