God's Promises are For You

I recently experienced one of the lowest points of my life.

In a time where joy should have come naturally and celebration in abundance…I was met with crushing disappointment and broken heartedness.

I felt abandoned by God, like He had pulled the rug out from under me…

Where are all those promises, Lord, that you promised me?

I knew in my heart of hearts that the Lord would see me through this, He had done so before. In fact, I had been through a season previously where the promise for God to heal me physically and mentally seemed so far…yet I clung to Him, came into agreement and appropriated and applied His promise to heal me.

The result was receiving the exact promise I was praying for.

Physical Healing.

He worked in wonderful, miraculous ways. I knew God was capable of doing so again, even though this trial was a different sort of difficult.

I knew, and yet even still I was almost overcome with hopelessness and depression. I felt jaded, frustrated, and confused. If this sounds like you, and you’re in the thick of your trial, desperately trying to cling to God’s word…you aren’t alone friend.

Regardless of the season or struggle you’re currently enduring, it can feel difficult to look away from the source of our pain and towards God and His promises.

In the Christian culture, it can be easy to see where we lack in faith in our own lives, and in hopes of fixing our own hearts, proving ourselves to God, or trying to control the situation instead of trusting in the Lord and walking in grace; we scramble and rush and make God’s promises come into fruition.

We think that if we just do more, do better, prayer longer, be holier, that we will see a return for our efforts.

But this isn’t how God’s promises for your life work.

All God’s promises are yes and amen in Christ Jesus.

Not yes and amen because you did anything to earn it, but because Christ.


But here is another crucial element…not operating in works does not negate the submission and intentional repentance that each one of us should be diligent in as Christians living in an imperfect world.

Because there are spiritual laws. There is a reaping and sowing of either evil and curses in your life, or healing and blessings based off the seed you put into the ground.

While God’s promises are yes and amen in Christ Jesus…His promises do come with a holy condition.

That condition is found in 2 Chronicles 7:14 - “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

Notice the: humble themselves, pray, seek His face, turn from their wicked ways…then God will heal their land.

You cannot rebel against the Lord, live in sin, and refuse to give up idols and sinful passions and in turn expect blessings that only come from submission and intentional relationship.

We cannot expect to receive God’s promises when we are living a life outside of His loving care and design.

Some would be concerned that God’s promises being conditional would bring legalism into a believer’s life…but this isn’t the case.

Instead, this causes us to be diligent in forgiving those around us, walking in righteousness before the Lord, and operating in love.

This doesn’t mean that we will be able to live a sinless life, the Lord knows we are human, that our flesh is weak and bent towards worldly desires. He knows we get frustrated, fearful, weary, tempted…

Christ died on the cross so that we could live and walk in faith, repenting when we have done wrong, receiving God’s forgiveness, and walking in life and wholeness, able to turn from our sin instead of having to be in bondage and captivity to it.

One of, if not the biggest hinderance in Christians not being able to receive God’s promises is bitterness.

Bitterness will keep you in sin, judgement, and bondage. When you give Satan and His underlings room to move into your life, unrepentant sin such as withholding forgiveness can close doors of blessings in your life and cause you to live a life not fully submitted to Christ.

To receive God’s promises, we must first ask the Lord to bring up any unrepentant sin in our lives so that we can be in right standing before the Lord.

This isn’t legalism…it’s walking in humble submission to our Heavenly Father.

God’s promises aren’t just for the spiritual…they are for the physical aspects of our lives, the emotional, mental, financial, the work of our hands, and our relationships.

To receive God’s promises, we must know and believe that they apply to our current situation.

If you’re struggling with health issues, the Lord has made a promise to heal you.
(1 Peter 2:24)

If you are struggling with anxiety, the Lord has promised to be with you and strengthen you.
(Isaiah 41:10)

If you’re struggling with a broken heart, the Lord has promised to be near to you never leave you.
(Isaiah 43:2)

If you are suffering a loss (Through death, divorce, a breakup, a miscarriage etc.) the Lord has promised to restore and give you more.
(Luke 6:38)

Whatever the struggle is, the Lord has a promise for you, to help lead you through it, and bring healing and restoration into your life.

So, you know that God’s promises aren’t received through works, but submission, and that they do apply to your life. Now what?

In the face of now knowing the truth, how do we begin to receive it and live it out?

Prayer and meditating on God’s promises.

Praying and coming into agreement with God’s promises for your life and declaring them over your trials is crucial in stepping into faithfully appropriating and applying said promises.

An example would be below, if you are struggling with health issues:

Isaiah 53:5: “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.”

A Prayer:

“Lord, I thank you that you were pierced for my transgressions, that your body was crushed for my iniquities, that you took my punishment and gave me peace in You. I thank you Lord, that by your wounds I have been healed. Thank you, lord, for your promise to heal my body. I choose to receive this promise today in faith, and trust that you have plans to prosper me, not to harm me, to give me a hope and a future.
Thank you, Lord, In Jesus name, Amen.”

Standing on the promises of God is an intentional, holy, faith filled effort of submission and trust on our part. It is trusting that even if the world, or our circumstances, or the enemy, or our own fear tells us it is impossible, that the Lord is able to heal miraculously, restore in abundance, protect and defend with a holy and passionate fire for His beloved, and do so much more.

As we wrap up this blogpost, we want to leave you with this piece of scripture with the hope that it will further encourage and comfort you as you begin or continue to stand firm in faith and lean onto the Lord in this season of waiting.

Matthew 7:11 “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”

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