A Covenant of Confidence--Unshakeable Certainty

Anthem Four
A Covenant of Confidence

“The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.” Psalms 19: 7b

Unshakeable Certainty
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I have heard it said, “There are only two things in life that are certain—death and taxes”. There was a time in earlier American history when the word of a man was a part of that list. However, in our day, the exact opposite permeates our society. We even have U.S. Presidents that say, “Read my lips…”, and quickly go back on their word.

There are even Presidents that try to redefine the meaning of a word by asking questions such as, “You have to ask, ‘What is the meaning of (is)?’” Our society is replete with teams of lawyers on both sides of a contract, each employed to protect the interests of their clients, whether or not they are Presidents or average citizens.

In a society where very little is as it appears, one might easily hold only to the two certainties of death and taxes. In this verse, I would like to briefly present a third certainty, one that is even more certain than death and taxes. That certainty is the Word of our El Shaddai. In his conclusion of v. 7, David records a second statement of consideration, “The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple”.

If there is any constant in the universe, it most certainly would be the testimony of our Lord. For “testimony”, David uses the word, “eduwth”, to say the “testimony/witness” of our Lord is sure. In any court of law, a witness is sworn in with the words, “Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?” It should be noted that such a question is asked of the prospective witness while the right hand of the same is raised, and the left hand rests upon the Book we all know as the Living Word of YAH—the Author of Truth.

When this process is complete, the witness and the court have entered into a covenant of truth. It is not unlike the covenant made by our Lord to the father of the Hebrew nation, Abraham. Moses records the elements of this covenant in the 15th chapter of Genesis. In v. 5, YHVH told Abram concerning his heirs, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them…so shall your descendants be”. In v. 7, YAH added the inheritance of land to the covenant when He said, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it”.

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