Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. 18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged. 19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, 20 where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 6:17-20)

I have read the above scripture dozens of times but as I read it today, a light of clarity began to burn in my heart. And the witness of the truth of the meaning of the verse came alive within me.

When I came to Christ 8.5 years ago, I began to understand that I was now a very blessed and highly favoured man.  My life situation did not warrant me thinking this way of myself.  In fact, before Christ, every curse that you can imagine came upon my life, and in that moment of this revelation my life was in ruins and needed to be rebuilt.

No power or strength of my own would have allowed me to overcome the obstacles that I faced in my life, but the power of Jesus inside of me, inside of the veil of my heart began to work a new understanding of the blessing of Abraham upon my life because of His finished work.

Psalm 24 says, “Swing wide, you heavenly gates, that the King of Glory might come in.  Who is this King of Glory? He is the Lord strong and mighty.”

I remember having a vision of this gate and came to understand that when this came open it was because I gave my heart to Christ.  As I entered into relationship with Christ, the door between who I was and what I would become swung wide open and I knew that every promise of God was mine because of Jesus.  Jesus had walked through that gate and into my heart in the moment of my salvation.  He now dwelled by the Holy Spirit deep within me.

The thought burned inside of me with such certainty that I knew that I knew in that moment that my life would experience the overlapping waves of blessing.

As I read the verse above I see that the writer of Hebrews also experienced this certainty in his heart.  He describes the sure certainty of the hope that came alive in his heart.  He describes the hope coming alive beyond the veil, inside of him and as a sure certainty that he would inherit the promises of God for his life.

The Bible is filled with the promises of God and Holy Spirit also speaks these promises into us through the breath of angels and prophets.  As we grasp that inner witness of the promises, we begin to know that we know that these things will come to pass.

Perhaps you have encountered a word of promise deep within your heart.  You know the promises of God because they are rooted within you.  I decree with all certainty that if that word be from God then it shall surely come to pass over you.

Has God spoken a word about your future, about provision, about the salvation of a loved one, or healing for you?  Then know this–that word will come to pass.

Moreover, if you be in Christ, in God the hope of a better tomorrow awaits you on earth.  You shall not lack any good thing, and what of the great eternity that rests just over the hill top.  The hope of God that burns in our hearts like a flame in our inner man sustains us through every tribulation and trial.

You know what I am talking about because you have walked with him and talked with him along life’s narrow way. Amen?