Give Ear and Come

"Give ear and come to Me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, My faithful love promised to David"- Isaiah 55:3 (NIV).

Another broken heart, another betrayal, another left feeling hopeless. Humans are bad about breaking their promises, or covenants, between couples, friends, families, and colleagues. There is one covenant that sinful man has not been able to break. God made a covenant with David: "Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before Me; your throne will be established forever" (2 Samuel 7:16). The promise was fulfilled through Jesus and, upon His return, He will establish His kingdom here on earth...forever. David's disobedient sons, generation after generation, would fail God over and over, bringing the nation to ruin, but God is faithful to His covenant...forever. Believers knew God would raise up a righteous, obedient Son to rule the kingdom. ""The days are coming," declares the Lord, "when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land"" (Jeremiah 23:5). God's covenant cannot, and could not, be broken by sinful man, nor can it be broken today with all the sin we see in our world. Jesus is coming back. It's part of God's covenant and He has kept and will keep, His covenant. He is faithful. He only asks that we "listen, that [we] may live." God's covenant is with His children, with you and me, and all who "give ear and come to [Him]."