Good morning friends of Thrive Community Church. Today's One Year Bible reading had the following verse from Isaiah 54:
The part that really hits home for me is where the Lord says, "... my covenant will never be broken..." . I find it really powerful because a covenant is a contract between 2 people - me & God. I get that God will never back out of His end of the bargain, but I seem to continually give way to selfishness, laziness, doubt & fear. How can the covenant never be broken, when I break it all the time?
The answer is that the covenant was not really made between myself and God, rather between the Father and Jesus. Jesus is the only one who could actually keep His end of the agreement. Heb. 6:13 ..Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in His own name. So, the Father makes a covenant with His son, but how do we get in the mix? Easy, we are Jesus' brothers! - Heb 2:11 "Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters". We are the brother & sister in-laws!
When I married my wife, I ended up with a whole new family. Although my covenant was with my wife, because of her relationship with her extended family, her siblings are now a part of my family. As long as I maintain my relationship with my wife, the in-laws are a part of my family. So, for you and I, as long as Christ maintains a relationship with His Father, we are a part of the family of God! By the way, I can't guarantee, but I think the Father & son get along pretty good! Thank God I am an in-law!
My Prayer for today: "Lord I am so thankful that I don't have to depend on my spiritual ability & will power to keep the agreement between you and I valid . I have fallen far too many times to have any trust in my own ability. But you, oh Lord, have never failed. Today, may I trust your ability to keep me more than I trust my ability to stay kept."
Amen
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