He Did It

God gave me a freeing word that when He promises something, I don't have to wait and hope that He will do it. I don't even have to pay it into existence. It's already done. What I'm waiting for is to see a revelation of that promise. I kind of always imagined a promise from God was like Him showing me His plans. But now God has shown me that His promises are like Him buying me a Christmas present. Let me explain...
If God shows me His plans, I trust that He will carry them out. However, there is room for doubt. Maybe He will only carry them out if enough people make themselves available to him. Maybe He will only carry them out if I stay close to Him. Whatever the case might be, God hasn't done it yet, and whether or not it's in God's character to do so, He has the option of changing His mind. I do believe there are things God wants to do that are contingent on the behavior of His people, but then these things aren't promises. Promises don't have a contingency clause.
If God's promise is a present, He's already bought it. Now He's just waiting for the right day to give it to me. It's done. It's finished. There's nothing I or anyone else can do to get in the way of God doing something He already did.
I'm reminded of the cross. God didn't promise He would forgive our sins - He did. All I have to do is open the present. Now, I suppose I could reject God's other promises to me just as easily as I could reject His forgiveness. But that would be stupid!
Then again, people (believers and unbelievers) refuse to accept the promises of God all the time. People do stupid things every day. And my heart breaks for them.