DO AS YOU PROMISED

                                    

1Ch 17:23  Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.

1Ch 17:24  Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
 
This is one of the most blessed aspects of genuine prayer. Often
we ask for things that God has not specifically promised. Therefore we are not sure if our petitions are in line with His purpose, until we have persevered for some time in prayer.Yet on
some occasions, and this was one in the life of David, we are
fully persuaded that what we are asking is in accordance with
God’s will.We feel led to select and plead a promise from the
pages of Scripture, having been specially impressed that it contains a message for us. At these times, we may say with confident faith,“Do as you promised.”

Hardly any stance could be more completely beautiful, strong, or safe than that of putting your finger on a promise of God’s divine Word and then claiming it. Doing so requires no anguish, struggle, or wrestling but simply presenting the check and asking for cash. It is as simple as producing the promise and claiming its fulfillment. Nor will there be any doubt or cloudiness about the request. If all requests were this definitive,there would be much more interest in prayer. It is much better to claim a few specific things than to make twenty vague requests.
~F. B. Meyer~

Every promise of Scripture is a letter from God, which we may plead before Him with this reasonable request: “Do as you promised.” Our Creator will never cheat those of us of His creation who depend upon His truth.And even more, our heavenly Father will never break His word to His own child.

Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope”(Ps.119:49).This is a very common plea and is a double argument,for it is “your word.”Will You not keep it? Why have You spoken it, if You will not make it good? “You have given me hope.”Will You now disappoint the hope that You Yourself have
brought forth within me?

~Charles H. Spurgeon~