Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Everlasting Covenant of Mercy - August 14

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are One with the Father, One with the Holy Spirit. Draw me near in the communion of prayer to be one with You. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart. Change me from the inside out to be more like You today. ...
"Yes, thus says the Lord God: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath, breaking the covenant; yet I will remember my covenant in the days of your youth, and I will establish with you an everlasting covenant" (Ezekiel 16:59-60).
You know every sin and every struggle; You know every fear and every failure; and yet You love us. You know every heartbreak and every way we've broken the hearts of others; You know promise we've every made and every promise we've ever broken; and yet You love us. You know every wrong choice we've ever made in the freedom our relationship of love with You requires; You know every wrong choice we've yet to make in the adventure of the journey our faith in You inspires; and yet You love us.
Though we are often faithless, You are always faithful. Though there are consequences for our choices, there's mercy in Your heart. And in the tender mercy and steadfast love You have for us, the children of Your creation, You've made a covenant with us-an everlasting covenant that will not and cannot be broken. And every time we turn to You and call on Your name, You remember Your covenant. And in some sense, just as importantly, You remind us of Your covenant with us. You are the God of covenant who is "merciful to all" (Romans 11:32).
Lord, let us not presume upon Your faithfulness, but rather pursue our own. Let us not get bound up or bogged down in the sins and failures of our past or present, but rather look up and press in to Your grace to forgive, Your power to heal, and Your will to keep using every experience to keep changing us into Your image, more and more every day. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
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