It is really something to think that God made a covenant with His people. That would mean you and me. In essence He’s made us a promise.
Now if you’ve lived as long as I have, you’ve had people make promises to you that they had no intention of keeping or failed miserably while trying to keep their word. Perhaps you are a promise breaker, rather than a promise keeper. I know I’ve broken a promise or two in my day.
But the subject here is God. I’ve got to assume that if anybody keeps His Word, it’s got to be God. Therefore it stands to reason and faith that we should take to our graves the covenant promise God made to Abraham, that is, us. Lest we forget, it’s the one Jesus came to fulfill.
It appears the foundation of spiritual belief is wrapped up in a simple promise.
To Noah, “Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you green plants, I now give you everything.” Genesis 9:3.
To Abraham, “As for me, this is my covenant with you … you will be the father of nations … I will make nations of you and kings will come from you. I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for generations to come, to be your God and the God of the descendants after you … I will be their God.” Genesis 17:2-8.
To Moses, “Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant then out of all nations, you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” Exodus 19:5.
From Jesus to the disciples, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood…for whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.” 1 Corinthians 11:25-26.
Remember this is God talking about His promises to us. Have you made any promises to Him lately? What about to yourself about Him, or to someone who loves you or to someone you love? Have you kept them? Are you a covenant breaker or a covenant keeper?
This covenant thing had a powerful beginning. A promise is downright godly. It has to be. The first one came from God to us through Adam and Eve. It kind of gets all caught up in words and the power of words and the understanding of words; God’s words, your words and more words. They have incredible power, if we could always understand them in the context of covenant. They are really vehicles to communicate with each other and the original covenant maker.
My obligation then is to emulate God almighty in a manner befitting His divine order. “So shall my word be that goes forth out of your mouth.” Isaiah 55:11. This covenant is a wondrous thing because God keeps His word. The more we understand this, the more scripture opens up and reveals the true nature of God.
