Not just me and Jesus.

Hebrews 10:23 teaches us that God always keeps His promises. We walked through Hebrews 10:21- 24 last week. This week we will look at Hebrews 10:25 which says, “This is not the time to pull away and neglect meeting together, as some have formed the habit of doing. In fact, we should come together even more frequently, eager to encourage and urge each other onward as we anticipate that day dawning.”

This verse appears two verses after we hear that God always keeps His promises. What does God keeping His promises have to do with us meeting together and showing up to church? In context, this verse is encouraging us to hold on to every promise of God including His promise to come back for His Bride, the Church. So that when He returns, He finds us faithful and ready for Him.

Now putting that to one side, God always keeps HIS promises. That is a very specific phrase. It doesn’t say, “God keeps promises”. He keeps, “His” promises. He doesn’t keep promises that we think He possibly maybe made. He doesn’t keep promises that we want Him to make. He definitely doesn’t keep promises that I made, I am responsible for those. 

So then, when we receive a promise of God, how do we hold onto it until it comes to pass? Because Proverbs 13:12 tells us that “When hope’s dream seems to drag on and on, the delay can be depressing. But when at last your dream comes true, life’s sweetness will satisfy your soul.” So how then do we stop ourselves from sinking into depression while we wait on God’s promises? We surround ourselves with other believers. Hebrews 10:25 says, “we should come together even more frequently eager to encourage and urge each other onward…”. 

It is easy to get tired and stop waiting on God’s promises when we do life on our own. But when we surround ourselves with other believers, we get encouraged along the way as we pray for each other and lift each other up and encourage each other to hold on, because He who promised is faithful! On our own we will get discouraged and give up, together, we can push each other forward until we see God’s promise come to fruition in each other’s lives. 

Now what we need to know about God keeping His promises is that we always have a part to play. Which is why last week we looked at partnering with God. God promises to supply our needs and provide for us, but I have never seen food magically appear in front of me when I am hungry. I have to get up, go to the fridge and find something to eat. Sometimes I need to cook it and then eat. If I have no food in the fridge, I need to go to the shops and buy some. That is God providing. I have capacity to buy food, that is provision. So God keeping His promises may look very different to how we imagine it.

This is why it is important to go to church. Sometimes we pray for God to do something, and He presents us with an opportunity which we are unable to recognise and we get upset and give up. When we surround ourselves with other believers, they can tap us on the shoulder like, “Hey, I think you should totally go for that job interview for that role you think is intimidating and that you think you’re under qualified for. Could be God.” Sometimes we talk ourselves out of the promises of God and we need other believers to come around us and encourage us to step out in faith.

On my own, I would have talked myself out of God’s promises and also talked myself into some very terrible situations. I need my pastors and my brothers and sisters in Christ to be like, “Girl, you’re being crazy right now. Stop it!” There is safety in God’s family. There is help, support and encouragement in the church. There is acceptance and belonging. Hope, faith and love. Unity, diversity and freedom. You can be who God created you to be.

We need to be part of the Church and I don’t mean casually. Christ ain’t coming back for a situationship. He is coming back for a committed Bride. So enough of this whole “it’s just me and Jesus” stuff, it’s not in the Bible. Sounds good, but deception wouldn’t be deceiving if it sounded terrible. And honestly, it’s a way to avoid accountability so you can blame God when life doesn’t work out how you planned it. You are only fooling yourself. 

There’s a real devil. You are in a fight whether you like it or not and you need to surround yourself with people who know how to win in the fight, people who have been promised victory, believers. Don’t know who I am talking to, but I love you and I want you to win in life! It’s time to break the cycle of defeat! Let’s get serious about God and start showing up to church in 2026, aye? God’s promises are waiting on you to take one step of obedience. Go to church on Sunday. 

Love and blessings, 

Melissa Tsingano