I've been quite frustrated the last couple of weeks with the phrase "covenant exchange" or just the plain word "covenant". I have heard it, read it, mulled over it, and still had no earthly clue what these people were talking about! (Anybody else with me?) I mean, I knew what a covenant was, but I didn't know how that applied to my relationship with Christ until, quite literally, five minutes ago. (Thank you Leslie Ludy!) Here it is:
Covenant Exchange: Saying to God, "Everything in my life, all that I am is yours, and everything that you purchased on the cross is now mine."
How awesome and powerful is this? I mean think about what Christ purchased on the Cross. He purchased eternal life, power over death, adoption into God's family, plus all the things that go along with being children of God, such as His strength, and power, and life in ourselves! All these things in exchange for our measly selves. ( Do I sound like a TV commercial yet?) I mean, why is this not standard stuff in Christianity today? We spend so much time trying to fix the symptoms, that we never get to the disease. We belabor the issues of insecurity, and self esteem, and recurring sin, but we miss the fact that the answers can all be found at the cross, in a covenant exchange with our Lord and Savior. How awesome is that?
