Breath of Power - Week 22/05

Week 22: May 30 - June 05, 2005

THE STRENGTH OF HIS COVENANT

Key Passage: Jeremiah 33: 20-22

If you can break my covenant with the day and the night so that they do not come on their usual schedule, only then will my covenant with David, my servant, be broken. Only then will he not have a descendant to reign on his throne. The same is true for my covenant with the Levitical priests who minister before me. And as the stars cannot be counted and the sand of the seashores cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David and the Levitcal priests who minister before me.” NLT

A covenant is a solemn agreement between two or more parties in which the parties bind themselves to relate based on some terms. A covenant goes beyond a promise which could simply be made orally; it involves some solemn acts or rituals that give the agreement a concrete reality that it cannot be violated without terrible imprecations on the offending party. The strength of every covenant lies on the will and the ability of each party to keep the terms of the covenant and fulfill its responsibilities. Through covenants, bonds of friendship, treaties and alliances have been established between parties that were once enemies and their relationships were regulated based on the terms of their covenants.

Since the fall of man at the Garden of Edem, God’s primary way of relating with mankind has been by covenants. Great Patriarchs of old, such as Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Job and David had covenant relationships with God. On the strengths of those covenants, God lifted and prospered these people and preserved their offspring.

It is interesting to that when God set the order of the day and night, He did not just speak. The Scripture says that God “divided” the light from the darkness, calling the light, Day, and the darkness, Night (Gen 1:4-5). That conscious act of separating the day from the night was equated in today’s passage to the solemn and passionate act of making a covenant. Since that first day of creation, the order of the day and night has not failed. So did the Lord say is His covenant with David and with the Levitical priests. He will surely multiply and prosper them.

God has the will and power to establish and preserve every covenant He makes. He has made a new covenant with every believer established on better promises than that of the Old Testament saints. These promises are revealed in the Scripture and guaranteed by Jesus Christ through the blood he shed on the cross Calvary (Lk 22:20; Heb 8:6). This covenant, He is sure to keep.

Pray: Lord, strengthen my faith to always believe that You will take care of me.

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi



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	Week 22: May 30 - June 05, 2005 THE STRENGTH OF HIS COVENANT Key Passage: Jeremiah 33: 20-22 If you can break my covenant with the day and the night so that they do not come on their usual schedule, only then will my covenant with David, my servant, be broken. Only then will he not have a descendant to reign on his throne. The same is true for my covenant with the Levitical priests who minister before me. And as the stars cannot be counted and the sand of the seashores cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David and the Levitcal priests who minister before me.” NLT A covenant is a solemn agreement between two or more parties in which the parties bind themselves to relate based on some terms. A covenant goes beyond a promise which could simply be made orally; it involves some solemn acts or rituals that give the agreement a concrete reality that it cannot be violated without terrible imprecations on the offending party. The strength of every covenant lies on the will and the ability of each party to keep the terms of the covenant and fulfill its responsibilities. Through covenants, bonds of friendship, treaties and alliances have been established between parties that were once enemies and their relationships were regulated based on the terms of their covenants. Since the fall of man at the Garden of Edem, God’s primary way of relating with mankind has been by covenants. Great Patriarchs of old, such as Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Job and David had covenant relationships with God. On the strengths of those covenants, God lifted and prospered these people and preserved their offspring. It is interesting to that when God set the order of the day and night, He did not just speak. The Scripture says that God “divided” the light from the darkness, calling the light, Day, and the darkness, Night (Gen 1:4-5). That conscious act of separating the day from the night was equated in today’s passage to the solemn and passionate act of making a covenant. Since that first day of creation, the order of the day and night has not failed. So did the Lord say is His covenant with David and with the Levitical priests. He will surely multiply and prosper them. God has the will and power to establish and preserve every covenant He makes. He has made a new covenant with every believer established on better promises than that of the Old Testament saints. These promises are revealed in the Scripture and guaranteed by Jesus Christ through the blood he shed on the cross Calvary (Lk 22:20; Heb 8:6). This covenant, He is sure to keep. Pray: Lord, strengthen my faith to always believe that You will take care of me. Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi

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