Promise

I was watching the anime Love Hina (not the greatest anime btw), and found an interesting realization. (You'll find that sources of many of my realizations come from the mundane hehe, as my brother reminded me it is important not to compartmentalize God in a few activities, but invite Him to take part of everything in our lives - I shall write a post about it some other time).

Anyways, this anime's plot centers on a promise made long ago when the main characters (boy and girl) were in their childhood, while now they are young adults. Basically, they came to realize that making a promise doesn't just bind them in a "contract" that leads them to action, but a promise also brings closeness (intimacy) to both parties who are involved.

This made me think of God who made covenants and promises with us. In Genesis, we can see a few covenants that God made with the Israelites, and in books like Jeremiah and Isaiah, God states that He will make an everlasting covenant with His people, that He will be our God, and we are His people. And there are so many promises that God made to us that it is hard to count. So much grace lavished.

We all know that God's covenant are so good because He is giving us what we don't deserve (grace), and His promises (like Romans 8:28) are intense and everlasting, all this glorifies and exalts Him on high! We rejoice in all this!

But we have to note that a covenant binds the two parties (God and us) not just so that we enjoy the goodness, but that we get more intimate with God. One distinctive aspect of our faith is that it is based on relationships, and the promises given to us are to deepen this awesome relationship we have with the Lord.