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.
Waiting for God to act is fleshly unbelief. It means that I have no faith in Him. I wait for Him to do something in me so I may trust in that. But God won’t do it, because that is not the basis of the God-and-man relationship. Man must go beyond the physical body and feelings in his covenant with God, just as God goes beyond Himself in reaching out with His covenant to man. It is a question of faith in God–a very rare thing. We only have faith in our feelings. I don’t believe God until He puts something tangible in my hand, so that I know I have it. Then I say, “Now I believe.” There is no faith exhibited in that. God says, “Look to Me, and be saved . . .” (Isaiah 45:22).
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.
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December 6, 2011
Journal Entry for Today-JDV
Lord, I am not quite certain what Chambers was teaching in this lesson. Is he teaching that we must have a covenant relationship with You? Of course I agree with that. Or is he teaching that I must do my part? I understand that the only part I am to play in this relationship is complete surrender. And yes of course I rely too much on my feelings. My feelings can play little, if any, part in my relationship with You, and there can be no personal achievement on my part for our relationship. I am to simply trust You and You alone will change me from the inside out.
And God says…”
DJR continues… We keep coming back to the central point of relationship. If the relationship is right your “peace meter” and its corollary the “frustration meter” will indicate that you are in my will. That includes keeping in mind, at least in the background, a few keys … like Jesus saying, “It is finished,” Paul saying, “no condemnation for those in Christ” , “more than conquerers” etc. When you lay hold of all that, you are inviting me in and it is my Spirit empowering your life. Then you really can switch to the passenger seat and let me drive. With that mindset frustration and stress can easily be replaced by acceptance and curiosity.
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