All Came To Pass

Joshua 21:

43 So Jehovah gave Israel all the land that He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and dwelt in it.

44 And Jehovah gave them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And no one among all their enemies could stand before them; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.

45 Not a word failed of all the good things that Jehovah had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.

The promises of Jehovah will always be fulfilled. As proven by the history of Israel, as in the history of the children of God in the past generation and so also will be in our generation. The Lord spoke to me these verse few weeks ago, and He spoke to me today again. All the promises of God will come to pass! 

At times, we wonder if God really spoke to us and promised us something that we have been desperately waiting for, now knowing when it will come to pass. Similarly, in my life too, there were many promises of the Lord that have already come to pass and still there are more promises that will come to pass. I was so encouraged when I read these verses again. It really strengthened my faith and trust in the Lord. For they will all come to pass.

For instance, I have been praying for my family since the day of my salvation. Now they all are saved. I further prayed that they all will enjoy the riches of Christ in the church-life, and that too is being fulfilled. And I still pray that they all will be normal, vital, functioning members of the Body of Christ, and this also is beginning to be fulfilled. 

In my family, the one who was on my heart and pains me oftentimes was my own younger brother. He was not as healthy in the Lord as he should have been. In fact, I used to receive a prayer feedback for him. The only thing I could do was, just commit the matter to the Lord and only the Lord can fully recover His child. Last week, on Lord's day morning I received a surprise message from him about his turning back to the Lord and his experience of being recovered by the Lord through one of the church's perfecting meeting on the matter of vital groups. It was a very pleasant surprise and immediately I shared the good news to my younger sister and my wife. It was indeed a moment of rejoicing, as a shepherd finds a lost sheep. Actually, this is the fulfillment of the Lord's promise. It came to pass, of what the Lord promised concerning my physical family.

Following this is the recovery of our fellowship and led me to create a family chat group called "Our Family" where all the close relations are members. Subsequently we started enjoying a wonderful fellowship via chat messages and family photo posts. Our relationship in blood and fellowship in the Lord got much sweeter, dearer and enjoyable. This is also the promises of the Lord coming to pass.

And similarly with the church life here in Gurgaon. The close-knit fellowship among the saints are becoming sweeter by the day. Each saint experiencing and enjoying the Lord more and more each day. And more will come to pass in the matter of increase in the church life. Our burden and goal as promised by the Lord is to gain twenty five families this year for the vital church life. And this also will come to pass. And many more on the prayer list will come to pass. for the word of God say it so.  

Not a word failed of all the good things that Jehovah had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.