Look in Your Heart for a Treasure

Meditate. Consider your own relationship and covenant with the Lord.

Then Moses climbed the mountain to appear before God. The LORD called to him from the mountain and said, "Give these instructions to the family of Jacob; announce it to the descendants of Israel: 'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You know how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me. And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.' This is the message you must give to the people of Israel." Exodus 19:3-6 

I love that I am a special treasure to God from among all the peoples on earth! All the people—really?! That is a lot of people throughout all of time and all around the world. Well—everyone who believes in Jesus, obeys God and keeps His covenant—His Commandments—are His precious treasures, too. I am not alone—there are millions of us from every nation and every tribe. Heaven is going to be an amazing place with all the variety of people, voices, languages and personalities. It is going to be exciting…for forever. And we are going to be God’s kingdom of priest…a holy nation. What an exciting promise. Study this passage for yourself. See yourself as a precious treasure as you keep His covenant.

What is God’s covenant? There were several covenants that God made with His people in the Old Testament. The covenants with Adam and Eve in Eden; with Noah; with Abraham and his family; with David and Solomon, to name a few. God promised to be their God and to provide a Promised Land in which they could live with all their families, an abundance of food, safety and a Savior. Jesus promised a new covenant, Himself, that we have recorded in the New Testament.

After supper he took another cup of wine and said, "This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood, which is poured out as a sacrifice for you. " Luke 22:20

You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of forgiveness instead of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel. Hebrews 12:24

I will never leave you or forsake you.

What would a covenant between you and God look like? God promised in Deuteronomy 31:6-8 and Hebrews 13:5 that He would never leave us or forsake us. I like that promise and had it inscribed on a ring when I was visiting Israel. To make it complete, I promised the same to God…and incidentally, to my husband…“I will never leave You or forsake You.” That is my covenant with God. Is there a special promise from God that you claim…or one that you have promised to Him? Can you consider that your “covenant” with Him?

Prayer ~ Lord, I seek to honor and love You with all my heart, soul, mind and strength. Show me anything in my life that is displeasing to You and cleanse my heart that my life may be purified and made holy before You. You are an awesome God—the true and living God. I praise You name.

Verses of Salvation ~ While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God. Even though Jesus was God's Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered. In this way, God qualified him as a perfect High Priest, and he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him. And God designated him to be a High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews 5:7-10

Just a life note…

The scripture today mentions eagles. I was excited to see eagle perched in a tree a couple of miles from my home last week. Majestic and beautiful!

My son and his family live in the migratory flight path of the Sandhill Cranes and they’ve been hearing and seeing the cranes fly overhead for about a week. They make a lovely trumpeting, cooing sound—not a honk like geese. On Saturday we saw more of the cranes headed north. 

Sandhill Cranes feeding near West Richland, WA

Spring is here!  The Sandhill Cranes are on the move!

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