Forgotten Covenants By Paul Chappell Friday, Aug 2, 2013 "Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God." Proverbs 2:17 On December 29, 2006, the United States Treasury received a payment from the government of England for $83,000,000. It was the final payment on a loan negotiated in 1946 to help England recover from the devastating effects of World War II. The original loan of 3.5 billion dollars (about 55 billion in today’s money) was made at 2% interest, and the funds were used to prop up the staggering British Empire. Over the years, the payments continued to be made, until the loan was finally marked "paid in full." Even though six decades had passed from the original loan, the terms of the agreement had not been forgotten. Such dedication and commitment should not be rare. · In our day, all too often people make covenants they are not willing to keep. · In our day, we see evidence of this in the spiraling divorce rate, · In our day, we see people walking away from their homes and mortgages and · In our day, we see people breaking employment contracts. o Whether they never intended to keep the commitments they made or o Whether they feel they are justified in breaking them because “things have changed,” people are abandoning their covenants at an alarming rate. As God’s children, we should never lose sight of the fact that He is a party to every agreement we make. · Every promise, every commitment, and every covenant we enter should be carried out to completion. · God is quite blunt in evaluating those who break their commitments: “When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed” (Ecclesiastes 5:4). o Keeping our promises is so important for Christians because it is so much a part of God’s character. In his prayer at the dedication of the Temple, Solomon said, “There hath not failed one word of all his good promise” (1 Kings 8:56). Today’s Proverbs Precept: Do not forget or neglect to keep the covenants and promises you have made to God and others.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 00:20:32 +0000
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