Our Covenant With God is Guaranteed

And He said, “Lord God, how shall I know that I will inherit it?” So, He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, and a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”  Genesis 15:8-9

First, let me ask you a question. Are you discouraged because a breakthrough that you have been praying for has yet to manifest? Maybe it has been quite some, and your asking, “How will I know that I will get it? Abraham faced the same situation and asked God the same question. Notice our verse tells us that God answered. He said, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, and three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” What a strange answer.

But if you read on in verses 10-21, you will realize that God took Abraham’s question very seriously and went on to show him just how serious He was about being his provider, protector, and blesser. God was so serious that He was willing to bind Himself to a covenant.
Now, what exactly is a covenant? It’s like a contract. Yet, it is more than a contract. A contract is binding only for a time, like five years or so. But a covenant is perpetual or is forever. It’s permanent. The only way out is through death. That is why for example that marriage is a covenant, not a contract. It is permanent. “Till death do us part.”

In Bible times, when you cut a covenant with someone, you bring an animal, usually a ram or goat, and kill it by cutting it in two. Next, you will face your covenant partner and walk toward each other between the two pieces of the animal, passing each other in the center.
What all this means is that both parties are obligated to protect and provide for each other. Whatever belongs to you is your partner’s and whatever belongs to your partner is yours. Now, of course, the one who benefits is the lesser or poorer party.

Today, God is in covenant with us. We are the lesser, poorer party. We have nothing to offer God. But God, the richest and most powerful being in the universe, has everything to offer us.
Friends, God has bound Himself to a covenant, an iron clad guarantee of His blessings and provision in your life, and it is all for your benefit. The breakthrough you are waiting for is guaranteed by covenant. That’s a wonderful truth to know.