God's Promises

And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. (Romans 4:21)

There was a dear saint of God in whose home the minister was taking tea. While she was in the kitchen, he picked up her much-worn Bible and rather absently began to turn the leaves, when he noticed here and there along the margin these two letters, T.P.

When she came back in the room with the tea he said, “Auntie, I was enjoying looking at your Bible, but what do these letters mean that you have written here so many places? T.P. And here it is again, T.P. And here.” “Oh, Brother,” she said, her face lighting with joy, “that means Tried and Proven.

In the time of some great need I have taken those promises and claimed them as my very own. They are the ones that I have Tried and Proven true.” How precious, indeed, and that’s exactly the way the Lord intends us to use them. He wants us to prove His Word, use it in our time of need. “Prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord,” until with strength, faith, and sweet confidence we can write on the margin beside many a verse, “Tried and Proven.”—VBB [1]

Gather the riches of God's promises. Nobody can take away from you those texts from the Bible which you have learned by heart.—Corrie Ten Boom

[1] “Trust the Lord! Always!” Anchor, October 31, 2019.