If you want to know experimentally the preciousness of God's promises—if you want them to come alive in your heart—then meditate on them. Dwell on them. Roll them around in your mind.
Some promises are like grapes in the winepress. You have to tread them to get the juice. Press into the holy words, and watch what flows out. Often, just thinking deeply about a promise becomes the prelude to its fulfillment. While you're turning it over in your mind, the very thing you're seeking will slip quietly into your soul.
I've watched it happen. A Christian thirsts for what God has promised. They sit with the promise, consider it, hold it close. And suddenly they find that blessing gently distilling into their soul, even as they ponder the divine record. Then they rejoice that they were ever led to lay that promise near their heart.
But there's more than just meditation. You must receive these promises as the very words of God himself. Speak to your soul like this: "Listen, my soul. If a human being made me a promise, I'd think carefully about two things: Can they deliver? Will they keep their word? I'd consider their character and their capability."
Do the same with God's promises! But here's where it gets glorious. Don't let your eyes get stuck on the greatness of the mercy—that might stagger you. Fix your eyes on the greatness of the Promise-Maker. That will cheer you!
My soul, it is God! Your God! The God who cannot lie is speaking to you. This word you're holding right now is as true as his own existence. He is unchangeable. He has not altered the thing which has gone out of his mouth, nor called back one single consolatory sentence.
And power? The God who made the heavens and the earth is the one making these promises to you. And wisdom? He knows exactly when to give and when to withhold. He never fails in his timing.
Therefore, seeing that it is the word of a God so true, so immutable, so powerful, so wise, I will and must believe the promise.
If we meditate on the promises like this—if we consider who is making them—we will taste their sweetness. And we will see them fulfilled.
Closing Prayer
Take one promise today—just one—and tread it like a grape in the winepress. But as you do, lift your eyes from the promise to the Promise-Maker. He has never broken his word. He never will.