Exiting Egypt Chapter 6 P3

Exiting Egypt

“God’s Great Encouragement”

By Dennis Lee: Chapter 6 P3

3. God Reviews His Covenant

I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers (Ex. 6:4 NKJV)

God had promised that He would give Abraham the land promised, the land of Canaan. Note that the land was only promised at that time. The promise was for the future, that is why it is called “The Promised Land.”

The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." (Gen. 12:7a NKJV)

This was the great hope of the people, and like Abraham they had to believe and to possess it by faith, even though they were slaves in Egypt.

Sometimes because of time delays in God’s promises to us we feel that God has forgotten His promises. We become like the scoffers Peter talked about that will come in the last days saying, “Where is the promise of the coming of Jesus Christ” (2 Pet. 3:4). But, what Peter tells us is paramount to our faith. He said, “God is not slack concerning His promises as some men count slackness, but is faithful” (2 Pet. 3:9)

Now, what also must be taken into account is that a promise is only as good as the person who is making it. When people make promises, try not to put too much stock into them, because they in truth really have no control in the end. But when God makes a promise, that’s a promise we can take to the bank. “God is not a man that He should lie,” said Moses, “nor a son of man that He should repent” (Num. 23:19).