1 Corinthians 1:20
For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.

We had just moved to a new town and gotten into a new school. I was among the top students in my previous school but when we moved, I settled. For the next two years, I was comfortable doing just enough to get me out of the red zone. My father seemed to know me much better than I knew myself and kept encouraging me to do better. All his words seemed to come in one ear and get out the other, until one day. He promised me at the end of primary four that if I was among the top 5 students in class, he would buy me a new bicycle. 

For a 10 year-old boy, that was more than enough to get me moving in the right direction. Needless to say, I came 5th in the next set of exams and true to his word, my father went to town that very evening and came back with a new bicycle for me. I was so excited to wait until morning to try it that I took it for a spin in the house corridor. I was given a promise, believed that He who promised was able and willing to deliver on the promise and then I responded by working hard and my success earned me the prize.

As Christians, we should be aware that the Bible is full of God's promises, and His Word serves as a reminder that He is faithful. What are some of the promises you can stand on today?

Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

James 1:17 NKJV
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

Matthew 6:31-33 NKJV
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

We should live on the basis of God’s promises; we should pray on the basis of God’s promises; and we should serve on the basis of God’s promises. His faithfulness and promises manifest His blessing but, most of all, they bring glory and praise to God Himself.