I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign
of the covenant between Me and the earth. —Genesis 9:13
“It is the will of God that human beings should get into a
right-standing relationship with Him, and His covenants are designed for this
purpose. Why doesn’t God save me? He has accomplished and provided for my
salvation, but I have not yet entered into a relationship with Him. Why doesn’t
God do everything we ask? He has done it. The point is— will I step into that
covenant relationship? All the great blessings of God are finished and
complete, but they are not mine until I enter into a relationship with Him on
the basis of His covenant. […] When I have really transacted business with God
on the basis of His covenant, letting everything else go, there is no sense of
personal achievement— no human ingredient in it at all. Instead, there is a
complete overwhelming sense of being brought into union with God, and my life
is transformed and radiates peace and joy.”
CHAMBERS
A few years back, I was standing on a tract of land that would
become an orphanage in Jacmel, Haiti. I
was given the responsibility of finding the land and then building the orphanage. I brought several men with me for the search. Men that I knew had a heart for God,
possessed spiritual discernment, and knew how to take undeveloped land and transform
it into something wonderful. We visited
several sites. When we came to the place
where we eventually built, they said, “this is right, this is the land”. It wasn’t just the lay of the land, but it
was their sensing God’s presence there.
I negotiated the price, consummated the purchase and began the transformation. Part of the purchase process was to survey
the land and mark the boundaries. That
required men to hack their way through head-high overgrowth to clear a path the
surveyor could use to set the boundaries.
During that process a rainstorm let loose. We took shelter under a sprawling breadfruit
tree. As we stood there, a rainbow
formed. Not in the sky but on the
property. It stretched from the ground
on one side of the property to the other side.
I had never seen anything like it.
The Haitian workers were fearful.
They believed that if you
approached a rainbow, you would die. I told them about God’s promise. That it did not represent death, but life. I told them the presence of the rainbow
represented God’s blessing on the land.
And since then the land has been a source of blessing for literally
thousands of people. The people who are at the orphanage today don’t know my
name. And that is as it should be. But, they do know that God is present and that
is as it should be as well.
As you walk this earth, as you go from place to place, the evidence
you leave behind should be God’s footprints not yours. God has made a covenant with us .. It
required a sacrifice to consummate it. His
name is Jesus. The chief end of man is “to
glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” Make that your life’s purpose and let your
light shine. And be careful that you don’t leave your footprints as you go. ELGIN
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