Promises

     Many people seem to get caught up in their promises even to family members.  When I think about it, I don't recall my father ever making a promise to either do something or be at a certain place on a certain time.  He knew that there could always be circumstances that would arise where he couldn't keep the promise.  At least, that's what I think about him as to why he never made any promises.  He drove truck for over thirty years and his schedule would always depend on many different things.  He seemed to always start out on time, but when he got home would always be when you could see his headlights in the window.    The inability of some people to keep promises doesn't stop them especially politicians.  They like to make promises to satisfy people in order to get votes.  I only know of One Person Who is able to keep His promises and that is the Lord Jesus Christ.  John 14:3 says, "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." 

        Not long ago, I mentioned the fact that God will never leave us nor forsake us.  That was a promise.  There are a few promises that are in the Scripture that I would like to refer to now and then and the verse for today is certainly one of them.  We know that John spent a lot of time showing us what happened during the last week of the life of the Lord Jesus Christ here on earth in His earthly body.  During that last week, He gave instructions to His disciples about the future.  The verse for today is one of the greatest promises and has those wonderful words, "..I will come again..."  November  is very close to  "Advent."  We call it Advent because it is about the first coming of the Lord Jesus Christ,  We don't even call it the First Advent, but simply "Advent."  When the Lord Jesus Christ speaks about Is Second Coming, we often refer to it as His "Second Advent."  As sure as the first advent took place, so shall the Second Advent.  The Bible has much to say about this special time and the words above are just another one of the great promises that the Lord Jesus Christ gave us.  He is coming again.  The Apostle Paul mentioned it a lot especially to the church at Thessalonica.  He also mentioned it to the church in Corinth and the Apostle John wrote about it in great deal in the Book of Revelation.  Paul also mentioned in Second Timothy 3:1-5 what were going to be the characteristics of the "last" days.  Have you read your morning paper yet?  Those days are upon us.  At the very least we can say, "Today is one more day closer to the Second Coming of Christ."    Is today going to be the day?  Praise God today for the promise of the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.