Then There Was Covenant

Each year it is good to choose a theme for your Women's Ministries that will lead to spiritual growth. This year I have chosen Covenant and teaching the principles of the eternal and everlasting Covenant God has made with us.

In the beginning God created Adam and Eve and a paradise for them. He walked with them in the evening and had sweet fellowship. When sin entered the garden, man broke that fellowship. God who remains faithful yesterday, today and forever had a plan. In Genesis 3:15, He speaks of Jesus as the seed who will crush Satan. God then established covenant with Abraham, Noah, Moses, and David and in all those relationships we see the promise of the New Covenant that Jesus brings to us.

The only requirement for this present and eternal relationship with God is to believe who He is ane believe Jesus was His son sent for our salvation. Then we can become friends with God. WOW! That just thrills my heart.

To develop a friendship we must spend time together, talk together, listen to each other, study eac other's character. We can compare this to our dating before marriage. We couldn't wait to be together and to listen to every detail of each other's day, to sit together, talk together, walk together and plan together for our future. This is God's desire for us in relationshp with Him. We must get to know Him personally. He is not a faraway being who is distant from His creation. He has every emotion that we have and loves and grieves for us. He wants to be our Father, our Daddy.

The Covenant with Abraham is still alive for us today. It is important to study the basics of this Covenant and to realize that only we can break it, God will not break it, He is faithful to keep His promises. Kay Arthur has a precepts study on the Covenant, which would be a good place to begin to teach this vital concept.