Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.
God is the only promise-keeper. He is the only one with the jurisdiction to guarantee an outcome. In His sovereign will, He can decree what will come to pass. He is faithful to His Word because of His character. He is faithful to His Word because of His competence. In other words, He can do what He says He will do because of His ability and He always does what He said He would because of His integrity.
1 Thessalonians 5:24
Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it.
God fulfills because He is faithful. He makes promises He isn't required to make and keeps promises He could understandably break. But He still makes them and He still keeps them. He keeps His Word because He can and because He wants to. He commits Himself because He desires to bind Himself.
"Love is not blind; that is the last thing that it is. Love is bound; and the more it is bound the less it is blind." - G.K. Chesterton
God is not caught off guard. He always knows what He is getting Himself into. He is not blind to the costs, He binds Himself to them. He counts the costs beforehand and He pays them in full when they come due.
2 Corinthians 1:20
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
God bound Himself to His Word, therefore His Word was bound to a cross.
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