The books of the great Dr. Seuss are favorites of many children. One of his most notable characters has got to be Horton the elephant. It's impossible not to love that guy. Remember that flaky duck mother who leaves her egg with Horton and said, "Would you watch this egg please?" She disappears and never comes back. Horton the elephant stays with the egg until it hatches and then he becomes a wonderful mother. Remember that great line Dr. Seuss gives to Horton
"I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.
An elephant's faithful 100 percent."
A promise kept is one of the great experiences of human life. Do you know what I am talking about? Have you ever experienced the exhilaration of someone keeping a promise? Do you know how exciting it is to meet a Horton or someone who tells you the truth?
In Jeremiah 33 we meet the greatest promise keeper of all time, God. Look at His great promise:
The LORD also said: "You've heard foreigners insult my people by saying, "The LORD chose Israel and Judah, but now he has rejected them, and they are no longer a nation." Jeremiah, I will never break my agreement with the day and the night or let the sky and the earth stop obeying my commands. In the same way, I will never reject the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob or break my promise that they will always have a descendant of David as their king. I will be kind to my people Israel, and they will be successful again."
There you have it. As long as the sun is shining by day and the moon is reflecting by night, God is going to keep his promise. The immediate impact of these great statements is to show how superior God's promise keeping is to ours. A lot of times we think God responds like us when people let us down. But God is always faithful. He doesn't act like we do. Even if David's descendants turn their backs on God, He will never turn His back on them.
God is loyal! God is faithful! God remains true! God doesn't go back on His word! When God promises, God fulfills, always! Count on it!!!
If God is such a faithful promise keeper, we should imitate Him and be faithful promise keepers too. When you make a promise, keep it. So, make your promises carefully and sparingly. But when you make one, remember "I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. A Christian's faithful 100 percent."
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