Romans 4:20-21
Yet, with respect to the promise of God, he (Abraham) did not waver in unbelief, but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully assured that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.
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Abraham, the first patriarch of the Hebrew people, as the Word of God proclaims, had a blessed assurance that what the Lord had promised He would do! Exactly as the Lord then also said when He called Jeremiah to a ministry as a prophet stating that He watches over His word to perform it. {Jer.1:12} And, it is impossible for God to lie! {Heb.6:18}

The very first attack of Satan, that crafty serpent of old, in the Garden was to say to the woman, “Did God really say…?” {Gen.3:1} That old devil who has no creative ability—he can only pervert truth—and is still asking did God really say it, did He really mean it, are you sure you understand it, do you have the right translation? Saying and doing whatever he can to pry you and I away from that assurance of the Lord's faithfulness and the power of His word!

A quick little Hebrew lesson: The Hebrew word for 'word' is 'dabar' and the Hebrew word for 'promise' is (drum roll please) 'dabar', exactly the same word because every word of God is the promise of God! Not one word {dabar} has failed of all His good promise {dabar}. {1Ki.8:56}

The caution we need is that you and I do not confuse our wants with His promises! We are blessed that the Lord has promised to give us the desires of our heart {Ps.37:4} but our hearts have been filled with the love of God, and His truth has been written on the tablets of our hearts. I believe in positive confession, but that confession should be His word so that I am serving Him rather than trying to convince God to serve me! He most assuredly proved that He would do that and did do that as Jesus went to the cross of Calvary! He freely supplied us with our greatest need.

The apostle Paul was moved by the Holy Spirit to say that God our Father would supply all of our needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. {Php.4:19} The Father made it possible for us to be righteous through the offering of His Son Jesus on the cross, paying the price for our salvation. That accomplished for all who will receive it the incredibly wonderful promise He made long ago through His Word...

“Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.”   (Ezekiel 36:26-27)

BE DOERS OF THE WORD, NOT HEARERS ONLY