We live in a world that has learned to mistrust promises. Political promises abandoned the day after an election, commercial promises in fine print, relational promises that wear thin. A promise, in a human mouth, has become a wager. How then can we receive God’s promises without the same reflex of mistrust?
Paul gives the distinguishing mark: God’s promises are sealed in Christ. They do not float in the air like intentions; they have an anchor point, a body, a cross. You are not invited to believe in sentences — you are invited to hold on to a person who held on to the end.
“For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.”
2 Corinthians 1:20