Sunday, June 27, 2010

Remember God's covenant in your life!

Jeremiah 33:20-22: Thus says the Lord: ‘If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season, then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levites, the priests, My ministers. As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.'

You know what this actually means? It means ‘as long as there is night & day on earth, God’s covenant with His people still stands, and cannot be broken’! That’s the difference between a ‘covenant’ and a ‘contract’. A covenant is a ‘binding agreement that cannot be broken’. It’s different from say, a job ‘contract’, where it can be ended by mutual consent, or by resignation or dismissal.

Do you know what the first word in Hebrew dictionary is? It’s ‘ab’ which means ‘Father’ (‘Originator’, Chief, Principal). God calls Himself ‘Our Father’, the ‘Originator’, and when He created man, He made man in His image, according to His likeness. Not only that, He even made a covenant with man (Genesis 1:26-28). In other words, He passed on His ‘spiritual DNA’ to man. Notice He never did this to any other creatures. You know what made you so special? You are His covenant son/daughter!

And as God’s covenant people, it is His will to prosper you in all things (in every way), just as He prospers your soul (3 John 2). You know what that means? He wants to prosper you in your finance, in health, in family relationships, in business, in career, and the list goes on! 3 John 2 says ‘all things’. ‘All’ here really means ‘all’! God’s covenant with you comes with ‘prosperity’. The truth is ‘prosperity’ was included in the covenant between God and Abraham (Genesis 24:1, Genesis 24:35), and so is God’s covenant with you today! When Jesus cut a new covenant with you (Mark 14:22-24), He only has ‘blessing’ waiting for you because He has carried all your curse, sicknesses, pains, sorrows, and poverty on the cross, once for all. This happens the moment you receive Jesus as your personal Savior & Lord!

God’s covenant promise (that brings with it ‘blessing’) came on Abraham (Genesis 22:17-18), passed down to Isaac (Genesis 25:5, Genesis 26:3-5, 12-13), then to Jacob (Genesis 28:3-4), all the way to David, and finally to Jesus (Matthew 1:17), and through Jesus, to those of us who believe today. Praise the Lord! You are therefore His covenant people, by faith. God the Father even backed up His covenant with you by an ‘oath’ (Genesis 26:3) that ‘blessing He will bless you, and multiplying He will multiply you’. An ‘oath’ is ‘a promise that will certainly be performed’ (and God swore that He’d do it to Abraham & His descendants). God will not lie or break His promise! (Hebrews 6:18) The Bible even says ‘God swore by Himself, because He could swear by no one greater’ (Hebrews 6:13).

Beloved in Christ, always remember you are His covenant people, and nobody can change that if you don't allow it! You are meant to live in His blessing & prosperity! It’s your spiritual ‘birthright’! Let His blessing overflow and overtake you today!