(Be) Blessed: Creating a Covenant Lifestyle With Godનમૂનો

Understanding who God is -- both in His loving and righteous nature and as Creator and Lord -- is pivotal in order for us to feel confident and secure in our covenant with Him.

The simplest description of the covenant appears in Scripture dozens of times:

“I will be your God, you will be my people.”

We see God’s heart for us from the very beginning in the Garden of Eden, when He created Adam and Eve and gave them all authority over everything He had created and a literal paradise to enjoy. God had created the perfect scenario for His plan for us: I will be your God, and you will be My people.

Adam and Eve were God’s people, and they knew Him as Almighty God and perfect Father. When God asked them not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil, He was giving them a choice. True love is always given freely. God loved us from the very beginning, but He gives us the choice to love Him in return.

Every day, you and I have a choice to renew our covenant with the Lord.

Often our first inclination is to bristle against the word obedience, rather than see the beauty in it. What if we approached our obedience to God as the first step in being amazed at what He could do in our lives?

By approaching the throne with this perspective, we would see that our obedience:

• Establishes a firm foundation
• Creates greater intimacy with God
• Attracts the attention of the Lord
• Leads to our amazement

These four principles are essential if we want to see God not just bless us but knock our socks off just like He did when He created Eden and set man and woman to dwell there!

Over the next few days, we will take a deeper look at each of them.

Today, pause and consider which of these four attributes is something you are craving in your current season.