COVENANT FAITHFULNESS

2 Samuel 9:1 NKJV Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” 

Jonathan had made a covenant with David that if anything happened to him David would show kindness to his family for his sake. Sadly he was killed in battle shortly afterwards.

Their blood covenant was so strong that nothing could break it. It involved faithfulness and commitment to the death, and included family. So we find David some time later asking if there is anyone still alive belonging to Jonathan’s family because he wanted to show him covenant kindness. 

David found Mephibosheth, who was lame in both feet, and gave him back all the land that had been taken from his grandfather King Saul, and he was given a place at King David’s table to dine with him everyday. He went from nobody to somebody! 

Mephibosheth called himself a ‘dead dog’, he saw himself as hopeless, but now he owned land, had multiple servants, and held a place of honour with the king’s own sons! Covenant transformed his life.

Now jump ahead to Jesus and we see we are now in blood covenant with God the Father, through the blood of Jesus. Luke 22:20 NIV In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. God invites us to His table, He calls us His sons and daughters and He is watching over His covenant to show us His faithfulness and loving kindness. He has given us His delegated authority, His name, His own Holy Spirit to comfort, and direct us.

It’s good to remember the covenant we have is all part of our inheritance in Jesus and it involves total restoration, forgiveness, healing and provision. God wants us to enjoy it and receive it in the here and now, because He doesn’t see us as ‘dead dogs’, He sees us as His much beloved children, set apart for Him. What a privileged people we are.😊

Thank You Lord. Help us understand what we have and receive it all. Amen.

OH, GIVE THANKS

Psalm 107:1-2 NKJV Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, …

Our picture says ‘Good days start with Gratitude’ and it’s always good to begin our week with a thankful heart.😊 

Thankful we could get out of bed, thankful for a drink of water, thankful for strength to go about our routines each morning. Thankful for running water and sanitation when so many in the world don’t have any. Thankful God loves us with an everlasting love.

We can always find things to be thankful for and the Lord has promised to go ahead of us into our new week, smoothing out the crooked paths, surrounding us with favour wherever we go. There may be new people, new opportunities that God has prepared for us, maybe new challenges, but God has also promised to be with us in it all.

Let’s choose to be thankful, choose to be forgiving, choose to keep looking up and not look down at our circumstances or what we don’t have. We can choose to be grateful for what we do have, what we can do and know that our God is merciful and kind, His heart is overflowing with His love for each one of us.

We can thank God for the Holy Spirit who is going to help us to make right choices and have good attitudes because He is the Greater One and He is inside us. In fact, it’s good to remember and be thankful God has put us on the victory side, Jesus has made us more than conquerors and the end result is, we can’t lose!😊

Oh, give thanks to the Lord today, for He is good to us all, and He is putting a big smile on our faces when we remember to be thankful. 😊 Amen.

Psalm 107:8-9 NKJV Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! 9 For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness.

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