20 I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.
21 I will STEADY him with my hand; with my powerful arm I will make him strong.
22 HIS ENEMIES WILL NOT DEFEAT HIM, nor will the wicked overpower him.
23 I WILL BEAT DOWN HIS ADVERSARIES before him and destroy those who hate him.
28 I WILL LOVE HIM AND BE KIND TO HIM FOREVER; MY COVENANT WITH HIM WILL NEVER END."
Psalm 89:28 (NLT)
• God establishes covenant with those whom He loves. The text of this teaching talked about the never ending covenant which God had with David and his descendants. God promises to love him and be kind to him forever.
- God's love and kindness are never ending. You also can do what would register you in the Heart of God forever. YOU can do what others have not done that would trigger His love for you.
- God had established different covenants with different people in the past and in the contemporary time.
• There are conditions for cutting or establishing a covenant with God.
- Someone who has acknowledged Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour would have to pay attention to some of the principles found in the Bible, for God to be moved and established a covenant with him or her.
(i) A believer whom God would potentially establish a covenant with, should be someone who walks in total obedience to God's instructions.
(ii) The submission of such must be uncompromising.
(iii) Such should be able to live sacrificially. He or she should be one who is willing to make sacrifices in doing God's Will, even when It seems difficult.
(iv) Giving of substance, resources, should be part of the person's life. Giving to God; His work, servants, the Needy, and whichever way he or she is prompted or stirred to do it.
(v) Such would have to love God with all his or her Heart, soul or mind, and strength (Mark 12:30). The love for God and His Kingdom should take precedence in the heart of such a person (1 King 3:3,4). This love for God and His Kingdom would enable the person to give all; his or her life, and whatever they have (2 Corinthians 8:1-5).
(vi) Humility would be the hallmark, a distinctive feature, of the person. God will not establish a covenant with a proud person (James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5).
(vii) The person would have to be a person who understands the importance of praise (Hebrews 13:15). Ascribing the glory of his or her success to God. If God knew you would steal, or rob Him of His Glory, He would not allow your lifting. His Glory would He not share with anyone (Isaiah 42:8). - To small or large extent, whatever God will do in someone's life, premises on the condition or the state of the person's Heart towards Him and His Kingdom.
- What is going on in your heart determines His work and doing in the affairs of your life.
• Another important thing that cannot be put aside is what you do with or about His Word.
a. Are you indifferent to His Word? (Zechariah 7:13).
b. If you realized that you have missed it, How did you feel about it in your Heart—Are you remorseful? (2 Samuel 12:13; 24:10).
c. Do you tremble at His Word or despise it? (Psalm 34:18; Isaiah 57:15).
d. Do you trivialize His commands or instructions? (Proverbs 1:28,29).
e. Do you reverence Him wholeheartedly? (Deuteronomy 10:12; 30:6; Psalm 119:11).
"MY hands have made both heaven and EARTH; THEY and everything in them are MINE. I, THE LORD, HAVE SPOKEN! “I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO HAVE HUMBLE AND CONTRITE HEARTS, WHO TREMBLE AT MY WORD."
Isaiah 66:2 (NLT)
"THE LORD IS NEAR to those who HAVE A BROKEN HEART, And SAVES SUCH AS HAVE A CONTRITE SPIRIT."
Psalm 34:18 (NKJV)
"THE SACRIFICES of God are A BROKEN SPIRIT, A BROKEN and A CONTRITE [repentant] HEART— These, O GOD, YOU WILL NOT DESPISE."
Psalm 51:17 (NKJV)
- God shows mercy to those who had a contrite Heart, who tremble at His Word:
15 FOR He says to Moses, “I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOMEVER I WILL HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOMEVER I WILL HAVE COMPASSION.” 16 SO then IT IS NOT of him who WILLS, NOR of him who RUNS, BUT of God who SHOWS MERCY" (Romans 9:15,16 NKJV). - Someone who is heady, stubborn, might not easily receive His mercy.
- Trembling at God's Word makes you a candidate for His mercy and blessings.
• God detests pride, and whoever is proud cannot receive anything from Him.
- God, rather, resists or stands on the way of the proud: "AND HE GIVES GRACE GENEROUSLY. As the Scriptures SAY, “GOD OPPOSES THE PROUD BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE"" (James 4:6 NLT).
READ: 1 Peter 5:5
a. Pride is when you want to get or have something done in your own way, rather than God's Way. When you are not willing to submit your Will to embrace God's Will.
b. Pride is the inability to relegate the self and enthrone God. When you do not give to God, His rightful place in your life.
c. Pride is when you are self-centered and strong-willed. When your life is centered on the self, and you are unable to endure because of other people, God, and His Kingdom.
d. When nobody matters to you, but only you. The talking about the self, calling attention to the self, wanting to dominate every discussion.
e. When you believe that you are always Right, whilst others are wrong. That your opinions are the best and should be considered and accepted.
• HUMBLE yourself that you might be exalted: "HUMBLE YOURSELVES IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AND HE WILL LIFT YOU UP" (James 4:10 NKJV).
• You will not fail in Jesus' name.
- Whatever is contrary to your health is rebuked in Jesus' name.
- What God has not planted in your life, working against your health, is rooted up in Jesus' name.
Peace!
STEPS TO SALVATION
• Take notice of this:
IF you are yet to take the step of salvation, that is, yet to be born-again, do it now, tomorrow might be too late (2 Corinthians 6:1,2; Hebrews 3:7,8,15).
a. Acknowledge that you are a sinner and confess your Sins (1 John 1:9); And ask Jesus Christ to come into your life (Revelation 3:20).
b. Confess that you believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that you confess it with your mouth, Thus, you accept Him As your Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9,10).
c. Ask that He will write your name in the Book of Life (Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:8).
- If you took the steps As highlighted above, It means you are saved—born-again. Join a Word based church in your area and Town or city, and be part of whatever they are doing there. Peace!