The Power of the Promises
The word of God says that there “are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” There is life-giving power in the promises of God. We can keep those promises in our minds until they completely change our natures. That is the purpose of them. The promises come from the divine Father Himself, and they impart to us His nature. By these we become partakers of the divine nature, and we escape the corruption of the lusts of this world. That is God’s plan for giving to each individual overcoming power. We are to feed upon these promises. Do you know the joys of dwelling upon the promises of God? Do you have them in your mind so that they are exerting their uplifting influence and power upon you? The word of God gives us the prayer, “Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my Strength, and my Redeemer.” Ps. 19:14. If the meditations of our hearts are upon the promises of God, these meditations will be acceptable; and not only so, but they will be transforming us into the divine nature. God’s word is a living word. It has the active powers of life and growth within it; and as these words of promise are reverently and prayerfully taken into the mind, they are acted upon by the Spirit of God, and a transformation wrought by the power of God is the result. “We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” The most wonderful blessings, the most inexpressible joys, the greatest transformations of character, are for us through the ministrations of God’s blessed word, if we will but accept them.