“`DAILY .MANNA

TUESDAY 24TH NOVEMBER,2020“`

*PRACTICAL COVENANT*

📜📜“`TEXT:JEREMIAH 31:27-40“`📜📜

🔑📖“`KEY VERSE:“` _*”But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people” (JEREMIAH 31:33).*_

*A father was not impressed with his son’s academic performance. Rather than scolding him, he asked him to mention a gift he wanted from him. Stunned by this question, the young boy said he would like to spend his vacation with his sister, who lives in the United Kingdom. He granted his demand provided that he would score distinction grades in all his subjects. His father’s commitment encouraged him to burn the midnight oil. Eventually, the boy came out with flying colours and his father never reneged on his promise.*

*Our text dwells on a new covenant God promised to make with the house of Israel and that of Judah. As the case of the father and his son, a covenant is an agreement between two parties. It always remains valid as far as the parties to the contract are still alive. In every covenant, each party is required to keep their part for the sustenance of the covenant. A covenant, therefore, bestows individual responsibilities on the parties.*

*The passage also reveals God’s plan to make a new covenant with the children of Israel (verse 31). Why a new covenant if nothing was wrong with the old? The reason stems from the constant failure on the part of man to keep his side of the deal with God. It is clear that the relationship between God and man is anchored on love; hence, a thing of the heart and not of the head. Thus, He has promised to put His law in “their inward parts, and write it in their hearts…”*

*Man is incapable of meeting God’s expectations without a transformation of the heart. Do you have passion to please God, but lack the power to follow Him? Just take your heart to Him in prayer for inward cleansing. He is always willing to bestow upon us the power to comply with all His instructions.*

✍“`THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:“` _*The heart of the matter is the matter of the heart.*_

📜📜“`THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:“` *EZEKIEL 45-46*📜📜

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