Today's encouragement comes from Joshua 21:45, where we read these wonderful words:
"Not a word failed of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.”God kept His promise to Joshua and Israel, and settled them in the land of Canaan. In Christ, God has kept His promise to every elect and redeemed human sinner who has been regenerated by the Holy Spirit. *In* this regen-eration every gift of God is given to His churchmen in Jesus Christ.
If we are ever tempted to think that God has not kept His promises, it is be-cause we do not know what they are; and we have concocted idolatrous substitutes for them. Everything good and valuable is found in Jesus Christ.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Shall man be proud after God has been humble?” —Richard Sibbes, in, "The Bruised Reed"]
