Covenant and Inheritance

In our American society that is full of contracts with tons of legal eze and escape clauses, the whole idea and understanding of covenant is hidden.  Contracts are written with a lot of "if then" clauses, meaning that if you do this then the other party will do such and such.  Most of the time a contract to buy a car or other big item are all about protecting the parties and often benefit the seller or store.  Covenant is different, a blood covenant is based on unconditional love and is actually giving of oneself to another.  Blood covenants which are throughout the Bible and the most glorious of all covenants is the one in Jesus Christ.  Covenants are usually made between two parties, often they were made from say a lesser tribe who needed protection from a stronger tribe.  They would make a covenant binding the two tribes, that when the lesser tribe was attacked the greater was bound to come to their aid.  Since the relationship covenant was bound through blood, agreements/oathes, and a meal it would not be broken until one party died.  Different than previous covenants, the covenant in Jesus Christ is unilateral meaning from God to human beings.  God being the stronger one to a weaker one (us).  Since all of the previous covenants (Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, etc..) all had a human representative who was unable to completely fulfill their side of the covenant, God chooses the only one who will not fail Jesus.

Since Jesus Christ the Son of God is both a God and man, He can perfectly represent our side by being human but will not fail because He is God.  The New Covenant does not depend on our performance, our ability, our works, or anything we do.  The covenant is between God the Father and Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit been the revealer to us of the covenant.  What is your inheritance?  There are 750 promises of God made in Jesus Christ that according to 2 Corinthians 1:20 are "yes" and we say "Amen" (so be it in our lives).  These are all the Promises (which are the life of Christ) given to us, they touch every area of our lives and our needs.  Yet many of us are not standing in the Promises of God because we think we are unworthy, don't believe it is possible, or think it is up to us.  So when we experience lack, difficulty, and adversity in our lives being ignorant of the Promises of God we wallow, fight in our own strength, or simply experience more defeat.

We have been given the Promises of God that the Holy Spirit reveal to us and fulfill in our experience so that God is glorified (2 Corinthians 1:20).  God is not glorified by your defeat or even your struggle, He is glorified when the Promise He has given is revealed to us, fulfilled and manifested in us.  The enemy of our souls is always looking to disqualify us by getting us focus on ourselves, our circumstances, or past failures.  We are in a spiritual battle and we advance by our intimacy and trust in God's goodness through His finished work in Jesus Christ and His promises.  Every promise of God is accessible to you and in every situation where there is difficult God has attached a promise so you can overcome.

In His Goodness,
Bret