Shalom,

Kenneth and Gloria Copeland's "From Faith To Faith" for today covers another very important aspect of our Covenant with Almighty God!

DARE TO TAKE YOUR PLACE

But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared...which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs.  Titus 3:4, 6-7

A covenant of grace. That's what you and I have with Almighty God. If you could truly grasp the significance of that, you'd never be the same again. What exactly is a covenant of grace? It's a relationship of favor that gives you access to someone else's power. 

An illustration of a covenant of grace is the covenant the old Sicilian "family" members have with the "godfather" of the "family." In that group, a weak person might come in and ask the Don for a favor. The Don would say, "I will grant this favor and I will ask a favor of you, and when that time comes, I will collect it." Once that was said, the weak person would become excited. Suddenly he knew he would no longer have this problem because anyone who tried to rough him up would now have to face the godfather, the one with all the power. 

Suddenly, that little guy's attitude would change. He would leave the presence of the head of the family in the full assurance that he didn't have a thing to worry about. He was no longer small and powerless in his own mind. He had gained favor (grace) with the powerful. He'd walk out thinking, Everything is handled. All I have to do now is whatever the Don asks me to do—and the Don knows I don't have anything, so whatever he asks me to do, he'll provide the wherewithal to do it. 

That's grace. God's willingness to enter in to blood covenant with you and give you everything He has in exchange for everything you have. He took your sin to give you His righteousness. He took your sickness to give you His health. He took your poverty in order to meet all your needs according to His riches in glory. Whenever He asks you to do something, He provides everything you need to carry it out. The great Jehovah, God of heaven and earth, is your Father God. 

Can you understand that? If you're under the blood of Jesus, you've been made a covenant child of the most powerful being in the universe. Dare to take your place in the family!

AMEN! So many born again believers find themselves feeling alone during times of testing and trial, when they are actually NEVER alone with Holy Spirit living IN them! We MUST meditate more on our Covenant with God through the blood of Jesus so that we can not only reject the thoughts and cares of the enemy, but we can help free others from his harassment, too! God is your very own FATHER, if JESUS is your Lord and Savior! He IS a GREAT BIG GOD! The devil trembles at the very sound of Hid voice, AND of YOURS, when you speak His Word! So let's DO IT! AMEN! Here is Hillsong United with "Say The Word":

Shalom in Him!