LIVING AS FAITHFUL PEOPLE
God's Covenant
According to the Promise
Nehemiah 9:6-10
The Message
5-6 Blessed be your glorious name,
exalted above all blessing and praise! You're the one,
God, you alone; You made the heavens,
the heavens of heavens, and all angels; The earth and everything on it,
the seas and everything in them; You keep them all alive;
heaven's angels worship you!
7-8 You're the one, God, the God
who chose Abram And brought him from Ur of the Chaldees
and changed his name to Abraham. You found his heart to be steady and true to you
and signed a covenant with him, A covenant to give him the land of the Canaanites,
the Hittites, and the Amorites, The Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites,
—to give it to his descendants. And you kept your word
because you are righteous.
9-15 You saw the anguish of our parents in Egypt.
You heard their cries at the Red Sea; You amazed Pharaoh, his servants, and the people of his land
with wonders and miracle-signs. You knew their bullying arrogance against your people;
you made a name for yourself that lasts to this day. You split the sea before them;
they crossed through and never got their feet wet; You pitched their pursuers into the deep;
they sank like a rock in the storm-tossed sea. By day you led them with a Pillar of Cloud,
and by night with a Pillar of Fire To show them the way
they were to travel. You came down onto Mount Sinai,
you spoke to them out of heaven; You gave them instructions on how to live well,
true teaching, sound rules and commands; You introduced them
to your Holy Sabbath; Through your servant Moses you decreed
commands, rules, and instruction. You gave bread from heaven for their hunger,
you sent water from the rock for their thirst. You told them to enter and take the land,
which you promised to give them.
exalted above all blessing and praise! You're the one,
God, you alone; You made the heavens,
the heavens of heavens, and all angels; The earth and everything on it,
the seas and everything in them; You keep them all alive;
heaven's angels worship you!
7-8 You're the one, God, the God
who chose Abram And brought him from Ur of the Chaldees
and changed his name to Abraham. You found his heart to be steady and true to you
and signed a covenant with him, A covenant to give him the land of the Canaanites,
the Hittites, and the Amorites, The Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites,
—to give it to his descendants. And you kept your word
because you are righteous.
9-15 You saw the anguish of our parents in Egypt.
You heard their cries at the Red Sea; You amazed Pharaoh, his servants, and the people of his land
with wonders and miracle-signs. You knew their bullying arrogance against your people;
you made a name for yourself that lasts to this day. You split the sea before them;
they crossed through and never got their feet wet; You pitched their pursuers into the deep;
they sank like a rock in the storm-tossed sea. By day you led them with a Pillar of Cloud,
and by night with a Pillar of Fire To show them the way
they were to travel. You came down onto Mount Sinai,
you spoke to them out of heaven; You gave them instructions on how to live well,
true teaching, sound rules and commands; You introduced them
to your Holy Sabbath; Through your servant Moses you decreed
commands, rules, and instruction. You gave bread from heaven for their hunger,
you sent water from the rock for their thirst. You told them to enter and take the land,
which you promised to give them.
For Reflection
What's in a name? When God made his promise to Abram he also changed Abram's and Sarai's names to Abraham and Sarah. When an infant is baptized, the parents are asked for the child's name, My aunt's certificate of birth from a Lutheran church in Hungary bears her Christian Name and certifies her Christian lineage. One is known by his or her name both literally and figuratively. All that you are is associated with your name. In Abram, God found a true heart. He changed Abram's name to reflect to all the nature of Abram and His covenant with him.
God has changed your name too. He has placed you in the paths of those who need to know Him. You are known by His name and He has faith in you to fulfill his promise.
Pray
thanking God for His faithfulness in his creation. Praise him for the gift of Abraham's linage. Thank God for the grace opportunities that he has placed before you. Pray for the wisdom to fulfill his promise.
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