Beating The Odds Every Time

The mid-week jackpot in one of Canada 's lotteries was a whopping $46 million. Reports indicate ticket sales totaled $27.79 million, and according to those in the know, the odds of winning the jackpot in this lottery, regardless of the amount, were one in 14 million. Yet that didn't stop people from putting down $2 for a single ticket for that one chance. After all, without a ticket, one doesn't have a chance. The next morning, according to the headlines, of all the thousands of tickets sold, two lucky ones had beaten the odds.

As I pondered the news story and thought how incredibly difficult it was to beat those odds, it occurred to me that in the believers walk with God there are no odds that we have to deal with. His Word offers nothing but guarantees, all backed up by His steadfastness. In Numbers 23:19 we read, "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?", and in Joshua 23:14b, "...not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof." The Psalmist reminds us, "The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made" (145:13, NIV), and from the writer to the Hebrews, "...he who promised is faithful" (10:23).

Thanks be to God we do not have to wait for the odds to be in our favor to lay hold of His promises. He will do whatever He said He would do, and for those who come to Him in faith, those promises are 100% guaranteed, "For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ" (2 Corinthians 1:20, NIV). Someone may or may not win the lottery jackpot, but in Christ Jesus we win every time.

In 1899, Leila N. Morris got a hold of this truth and penned the words:

"'Tis true, O yes, 'tis true / God's wonderful promise is true;
For I've trusted, and tested, and tried it / And I know God's promise is true."

What has been your experience? Can you testify to the fact that those words are true? Why not go out this week and tell somebody about the faithfulness of God?