As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so
was the aAppearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness
of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of
one that spake (Ezekiel 1:28).
The promises of God are many, and He is faithful to His word. His word
does not change in that what He says He will do, He will do. The Scripture is filled with
His promises, and promises more to us than we have yet to discover. For it is for one
reason or another that we have not seen, or do not see, or perhaps refuse to see all that
God has for us--the rainbows of our lives.
Once, when the world was young, it was a masterpiece in the making. God held in one hand
His brush (the Word of truth), and in His other hand, the palette of His promises. With
every stroke He invested Himself, making each one as important as the last. He then moved
the brush back to the palette and filled it with more promises--more to give, and more to
add. So with His Word of Truth, He saturated the heavens and the earth, so that in every
place His promises would be evident, and there for those who would need them.
But those for whom He painted His promises soon took for granted the work He had done. And
turning from what He would willingly give, they chose to find their own way and live to
meet their own desires outside of God's promises. They soon were able to look right at His
promises and not even see them. And they soon began to doubt all of the promises they had
seen to that point. They chose to trust themselves, and in so doing, took their trust out
of the God of Truest Promises and made His promises out to be a lie.
But their was one who still saw God's promises, who still trusted that what God said was
truer than true. So God devised a plan to start over, and paint His promises fresh upon
the surface of the world, and in His plan He included Noah. And Noah lived within the
newness of God's promises. Then God took all of the colors of His palette, and with the
Word of His Truth, He signed His work once and for all with the brilliance of a rainbow.
God has painted many rainbows into our lives. It is up to us whether or not we will allow
Him to develop a heart in us that will see those promises. But we so often choose not to,
not because we don't want to see His promises, but simply because we find it easier to
trust in our own abilities. When we call our Lord our Provider, yet we worry over what we
shall eat, or what we shall drink or what we shall wear, and we take matters into our own
hands, we same as pay no mind to God's promises of provision. The same holds true for His
promises to protect us, to love us, to never leave or forsake us. It is as though we look
right at the words in black and white within the pages of His Word, and somehow cannot see
what is right in front of our eyes. And even that which we have once believed, we fail to
remember in our times of trouble, almost as though we doubt God's very Word to us.
But God's promises are true, and His word is everlasting. And although the world seems
void of trust in Him, His promises have not disappeared. For as we as His children will
let go of our inhibitions and our desire to trust ourselves to work things out, then what
is seen in us will be the work of our Lord. And they will see upon us His seal, a
signature to His work in our lives. And His promises will shine through us with the
brilliance of His rainbow.
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God (2
Corinthians 7:1).
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