The word promise is full of hope. As a child when my parents promised that we’d go on a picnic, I knew we would spend a day enjoying the outdoors, punctuated with a hot lunch cooked on a Coleman stove. I could count on it!

Spring is a time of promise, a time of hope. As the willow trees take on a golden hue, we are promised warmer days ahead that will turn the trees to lush green crowns of foliage. We can count on it! As pussy willows open and forsythia bushes bloom we are promised greenery that wipes away the winter’s dullness. We can count on it!

These magnificent promises in nature are but a mere shadow of the promises that we have in God through Christ Jesus.

Jesus promises us eternal life through faith in Him --John 3:16. We can count on it!

Jesus says we will have trouble in this world but He has already over come it --John 16:33. We can count on it!

Promise is the hallmark of this season of Easter. We are promised that death has lost its sting. God has given us victory over the penalty of sin through Jesus Christ --1 Corinthians 15:57. We can count on it!

Jesus promised another Counsellor in the person of the Holy Spirit to teach and remind us of everything He said --John 14:26. We can count on it!

When you see nature awakening this spring, what promises of God in Christ Jesus will you claim?