God is a Promise Keeper!
Published Aug 27, 2021
Promise Keeper by LaToya Edwards
If you are feeling a little discouraged about trusting God during hard times and focusing on Him instead of all the stuff going wrong in your life I want you to know that I’ve been there too. I know it can be easy to assume that I have it all together and walk this faith journey out Instagram perfect, but that’s simply not true.
I was once just like you. I tried to do all the right things and fix my problems on my own. I thought if I could just say and do all the right things my life would be perfect.
When that didn’t happen I was sure that God had forgotten all about me. That I was too messed up for Him to make things right. I could hear Him when I prayed and I didn’t know what to do anymore.
In short, I gave up.
Well, almost. One day I realized that the only way I was going to make it through the hardest times in my life was if I learned to fully surrender to God. I needed to stop trying to fix things and learn how to keep my focus on Him.
I started praying and studying my Bible like never before. God began to feel closer to me and my situation and I was able to hope again. I started enjoying life. And I have only grown stronger and found more peace every single day.
The key to this transformation was finally learning how to focus on God during my prayers. I started praying the names of God.
Psalm 23 has been a go-to passage for me over the years as I’ve walked through trial after trial. One day I realized that those 7 verses were full of promises from God, based on the different names of God.
It changed the way I viewed God, myself, and my situation. I learned that God is faithful and when He makes a promise I can count on it to be done.
Promise Keeper was born out of this struggle and journey. It’s everything that I’ve learned about keeping my eyes on God during the storms. And it’s not a one-time thing either, every day I have to make the choice to stand on God’s promises and trust Him even when it’s the last thing that I want to do.
Every single time that I do, I have peace, hope, and strength to make it through the day. And I grow that much closer to my heavenly Father.
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