Keeping the Friendship Covenant
Do you remember the covenant of friendship that Jonathan and David made in the Lord? David did not forget it after the death of Jonathan and the beginning of his reign over all Israel. David sought out any relative of Saul who might still be alive, and he was told of Jonathan's crippled son, Mephibosheth. He ordered them to bring him to Jerusalem, so he could bless him by returning the land of Saul to him and his servants, while also allowing him to eat at his table like one of his own sons. (II Samuel 9:7,13) What a blessing to see David remember his friend and his covenant, even though no one else would have remembered it.
We must be faithful to our covenants. When we make a covenant with another person, sometimes we call it a contract, but whatever we call it, we must honor it and fulfill it. When two people marry, they enter into covenant with each other to be committed to each other until death parts them. That is a very important covenant relationship. However, the greatest is the New Covenant in the blood of Jesus. When we enter into covenant with Jesus, His part is to forgive our sins and give us eternal, abundant life. Our part if the repent of our sins, trust Him, and surrender to Him as Lord of our lives, so that we follow Him daily. That is the most sacred covenant, and we do well to keep it faithfully every day until we are with the Lord in heaven.
Tomorrow, I intend to read II Samuel 10-12.
We must be faithful to our covenants. When we make a covenant with another person, sometimes we call it a contract, but whatever we call it, we must honor it and fulfill it. When two people marry, they enter into covenant with each other to be committed to each other until death parts them. That is a very important covenant relationship. However, the greatest is the New Covenant in the blood of Jesus. When we enter into covenant with Jesus, His part is to forgive our sins and give us eternal, abundant life. Our part if the repent of our sins, trust Him, and surrender to Him as Lord of our lives, so that we follow Him daily. That is the most sacred covenant, and we do well to keep it faithfully every day until we are with the Lord in heaven.
Tomorrow, I intend to read II Samuel 10-12.