I Will

As we read the Word of God we begin to see a multitude of “I Will.”  All through the Old Testament God was establishing His Covenant with the Patriarchs and their decedents.  I thought, what a wonderful God, leading and guiding Noah, Moses, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob!  But wait, that would be us too! For often, the term “Generations to come,” was applied to the Covenant that God was making with these leaders.  We know that God is a Covenant making God, and we know that we are partakers of His Covenant, but sometimes we forget the power of sacrifice that was in God’s heart as He “willed” to Covenant with humanity.  The Covenant would ultimately have to be written in blood, it would be the Blood of His Only Begotten Son.  The Covenant of the Old Testament would be enlarged in the New Testament and sealed in the Blood of Jesus, our Saviour! When God said “I Will” Redeem them, He kept His Word. Over and over in the Old Testament God declared His Covenant with an “I Will!”  I turned over to the New Testament to see the “I Will’s that came from the heart of Jesus!  “I Will not leave you comfortless” —  “I Will pray the Father for you!” —  “I Will be his God” —  “I Will give you rest,”  “ I Will never leave you nor forsake you.” etc.  No wonder David seeing afar off could say:  “I Will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth I will make known Thy Faithfulness to all Generations!” This question filled my mind, “What will I do for my Lord?”  What “I Wills” do I have for Him?  May we say with Jesus, not my will, but Thine be done!  I love this Passage from the Old Testament – Ex 33:19 God said, “I will make all My goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy!”  Loving you and praying for you, Pastor