Believe the Word of God and Not Your Circumstances

Romans 1:2--KJV--Which He had promised afore by His prophets in the Holy Scriptures.

Isaiah 46:9-10--KJV--Remember the former things of old: for I am God and there is none else; I am God, and there in none like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do my pleasure;

How accurate is Bible prophecy any way? In my studies, I have read that there are some 2500 prophecies in the Bible. About 2000 have already been fulfilled to the letter without any error. There is no reason for me not to believe that the remaining 500 will not come to pass just like God said.

Paul knew this from what he had been taught by the religious teachers of his day. When he came face to face with Jesus Christ the promised Messiah I am sure that he spent hours remembering and pondering the Messianic prophecies he had been taught. All of that gave him a rock solid belief that the entire Word of God is true and that God would fulfill every promise He made.

To Paul the Word of God became more than just a collection of books and sweet stories. It became a lifestyle of the miraculous. When he read that God miraculously delivered His people from 400 years bondage to a heathen nation, he believed that God would deliver him also even if it took a miracle. When he remembered that God fed them with a massive supply of manna and quail every day for forty years, he believed that God would supply all of his need according to His riches in glory.

When he remembered Isaiah 53:5 "by His stripes ye were healed" he began praying for people to be healed. When he remembered Jeremiah 29:11 that God had good plans for him and that (Isaiah 55:8-9) God's ways and thoughts were higher than his, he declared (Rom 8:28) that all things would work together for his good. He also said in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 for us to give thanks in everything because it was the will of God for us.

Paul stood on every promise in the Word of God because he believed that God meant what He said. If we, as Christians, want to be able to reach the lost like Paul and the early disciples did then we have to be able to say, also, that our God's Word is true no matter what it looks like at the moment.

Grab the scriptures, or better yet, let the scriptures grab you. Even if you are facing a seemingly impossible situation, hold on to what God promised. He has a way of bringing it to past that is beyond our comprehension.