Genesis 9 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Genesis 9.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/gen/9/1/s_9001

Meditate on verse 9.

 

Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant

 with you and with your descendants after you.

 

Before entering the ark, God promised to establish His covenant with Noah; this is the first-time covenant is used in the Bible (Genesis 6:18).  The next time God used the word was in Genesis 9, after Noah and his family left the ark and offered sacrifices to God.  A covenant is a contract between two individuals which is made official by signs, sacrifices, and vows.  Seven times in Genesis 9 God said He would establish His everlasting covenant with Noah and his descendants after him for all successive generations to never again destroy the earth with a flood.  The sign of His covenant promise was His bow in the clouds (vs. 13-14).  This covenant set the pattern for the covenant God cut with Abram nearly 400 years later and the covenant He cut for you through Jesus Christ 2,200 years after the Abrahamic covenant (Genesis 15; Hebrews 13:20).

God takes covenants very seriously. The next time you see a rainbow think about the fact that as you look at it, God also sees it and remembers His everlasting covenant with every living creature on earth (v. 16).  If you are a Christian, thank God for the everlasting Noahic covenant and the everlasting covenant you have in Christ.

As a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7), pray Genesis 9:16-17 over those who need to be in a covenant relationship with God.

“LORD, when You look upon _________, please remember them.

They need to be in an everlasting covenant with You.

God, You establish covenant. Establish them in Christ.


In Your name, Jesus~”

 

 

The WATCHMAN on the WALL – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell