I found this nice devotional on the net and would just like to share it here:
Rainbows, Glory & Promises
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the aAppearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake (Ezekiel 1:28).
The promises of God are many, and He is faithful to His word. His word does not change in that what He says He will do, He will do. The Scripture is filled with His promises, and promises more to us than we have yet to discover. For it is for one reason or another that we have not seen, or do not see, or perhaps refuse to see all that God has for us–the rainbows of our lives.
Once, when the world was young, it was a masterpiece in the making. God held in one hand His brush (the Word of truth), and in His other hand, the palette of His promises. With every stroke He invested Himself, making each one as important as the last. He then moved the brush back to the palette and filled it with more promises–more to give, and more to add. So with His Word of Truth, He saturated the heavens and the earth, so that in every place His promises would be evident, and there for those who would need them.
But those for whom He painted His promises soon took for granted the work He had done. And turning from what He would willingly give, they chose to find their own way and live to meet their own desires outside of God’s promises. They soon were able to look right at His promises and not even see them. And they soon began to doubt all of the promises they had seen to that point. They chose to trust themselves, and in so doing, took their trust out of the God of Truest Promises and made His promises out to be a lie.
But their was one who still saw God’s promises, who still trusted that what God said was truer than true. So God devised a plan to start over, and paint His promises fresh upon the surface of the world, and in His plan He included Noah. And Noah lived within the newness of God’s promises. Then God took all of the colors of His palette, and with the Word of His Truth, He signed His work once and for all with the brilliance of a rainbow.
God has painted many rainbows into our lives. It is up to us whether or not we will allow Him to develop a heart in us that will see those promises. But we so often choose not to, not because we don’t want to see His promises, but simply because we find it easier to trust in our own abilities. When we call our Lord our Provider, yet we worry over what we shall eat, or what we shall drink or what we shall wear, and we take matters into our own hands, we same as pay no mind to God’s promises of provision. The same holds true for His promises to protect us, to love us, to never leave or forsake us. It is as though we look right at the words in black and white within the pages of His Word, and somehow cannot see what is right in front of our eyes. And even that which we have once believed, we fail to remember in our times of trouble, almost as though we doubt God’s very Word to us.
But God’s promises are true, and His word is everlasting. And although the world seems void of trust in Him, His promises have not disappeared. For as we as His children will let go of our inhibitions and our desire to trust ourselves to work things out, then what is seen in us will be the work of our Lord. And they will see upon us His seal, a signature to His work in our lives. And His promises will shine through us with the brilliance of His rainbow.
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God (2 Corinthians 7:1).
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