Make A New Covenant With God

Make A New Covenant With God “This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my people.” Hebrews 8:10 There had been other covenants that God had made with the people of Israel, but these covenants were broken time and time again as the people would drift away from obeying God’s commands and doing His will. The above scripture depicts a new covenant that God made with His chosen people, and one they were to keep in their hearts as to the commands and the will of God for them, so that they would not forget and go back to their wicked ways. What has happened to this covenant? I believe that the covenant that God made then, and the laws that He established for the people to follow are still in existence today, but the problem is that we are not following and obeying them. We are again turning our backs on God and forgetting about His laws and commands. Just look at God’s two greatest commandments to (1) “love God” and (2) “love others”, and see how our society has turned our back on obeying either of these. We have either taken God out, or trying to take Him out, of our government, our schools, our justice system and our society. We obviously don’t love others as we love ourselves, as there are people going hungry, sleeping on the streets and people without clothing all around us, but we are considered to be the wealthiest nation in the world. We have definitely broken the two most important commandments from God, and almost completely ignored the rest of His commandments. I would encourage each of you to make and commit to a new covenant with God today, and begin once again to let Him be your God and let you be His people. My Daily Devotional Volume III June 14 Robert William Brock, Jr