“MY COVENANT!”

Genesis 17:7-8                                         (ESV)

“[7] And I will establish “MY COVENANT” between ME and you (Abraham) and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be GOD to you and to your offspring after you. [8] And I WILL GIVE TO YOU AND TO YOUR OFFSPRING after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their GOD.”

ALL SCRIPTURE is GOD-BREATHED (2 Timothy 3:16-17), even though GOD has used several different human authors to place the WORDS onto parchment throughout history.  Moses is believed by many to be the recorder of the first five books of the BIBLE, thus the focal passage for today’s devotional is FROM GOD, but was put onto parchment by Moses, not because he was sinless, but because he was CHOSEN by GOD!

Moses is not the one that Genesis 17 is written about though.  In Genesis 17:1 it is recorded “When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am GOD ALMIGHTY; walk before ME, and be blameless,”.   In Genesis 17:5 it is recorded “No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.”  Abraham was CHOSEN by GOD as well, but he also wasn’t sinless (Genesis 20)!  

We need to be careful NOT to be too caught up with any servant of GOD, for even King David, a man after GODS OWN HEART (1 Samuel 13:14) was a sinner!  The ONLY blameless person ever born was GOD IN THE FLESH, JESUS CHRIST!  HE IS TRUTH (John 14:6), and we need to use HIM as our guide to live our lives!  In Genesis 15:6, Abram BELIEVED GOD and GOD “counted it to him as righteousness”!  Even though Abraham was human, ALMIGHTY GOD counted his BELIEF as RIGHTEOUSNESS when HE saw Abraham!

What does ALMIGHTY GOD SEE when HE looks at me?  I am so UNCLEAN when it comes to obedience to THE LORD, but according to Hebrews 9:11-29 HE SEES THE BLOOD OF JESUS when HE SEES me!  Because of the SACRIFICE OF JESUS, when HE looks at me, THE FATHER SEES THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB!  “MY COVENANT” that was made between GOD and Abraham was COMPLETED when JESUS said “IT IS FINISHED” on Calvary!!!