God Who Fulfills His Word

“All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;

they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens

and strangers on earth” (Hebrews 11:13).

Our God is the God who gives the promise of His word.  When God gave the promise to Abraham, assuring him the land of Canaan, the fulfillment of that promise involved suffering and hardship.  In the midst of these challenges, Abraham experienced the power and provision of God.  Although Abraham did not witness the fulfillment of the promise, he welcomed it by faith from afar (Heb. 11:13).  The reason was that the fulfillment of the promise took about 400 years.  This emphasizes the fact that the patience of faith is earnestly required until the promise is fulfilled.  When God made a covenant with Abraham (Gen. 15), it was a unilateral promise from God.  In other words, even if Abraham were unfaithful, God expressed His strong determination to fulfill the promise directly.  This promise points to Jesus Christ.  Within the unilateral covenant of God, we have received salvation through the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on the cross.