God made a covenant with His people. Today, that means you and me. In essence, He made us a promise. It’s the one Jesus came to fulfill. Jesus’ new covenant, as a matter of fact, replaces the old one. 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 promise to us. Have you made any promises to Him lately? 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.
We are accountable for our words and thereby our actions. 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. If I am made in his image, honesty should be the stuff of which my promises are made.
Truth is the essence of life and faith in God’s word and is unshakeable. Hopefully, others can demonstrate their faith through their words. You can accomplish a lot with the right words at the right time. It’s all about that truth thing. It does set you free.
