Keep The Covenant

"Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do."  Deuteronomy 29:9.  God makes a covenant with His people.  Within the covenant, God gives the laws that will best serve His people and the blessings that come from keeping the covenant.  God desires that His people prosper.  If we are to enjoy success, we must obey God and follow His covenant.  His people had seen great things as they traveled from their bondage in Egypt.  They had seen victory and had enjoyed the care of God.  Their future prosperity would depend upon their keeping the covenant that God had given.  The covenant secures our relationship with God.  As we adhere to the covenant, we declare our dependency upon God and our will to serve Him.  God then blesses us, provides for us, and cares for us. The goodness of God is showered upon those who keep the covenant.  Involved in the giving of a covenant, the grace and love of God for His people is shown and the will of His people to keep the covenant is revealed.  To become His people, we must choose to follow the words of the covenant.  In the wake of such obedience, prosperity follows.