The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 23 May 2026 – The Covenant-Keeping God
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TOPIC – The Covenant-Keeping God
READ: Genesis 9:1-19 (KJV)
1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
THE MESSAGE:
A covenant is an agreement between two parties. God was pleased with the burnt offerings Noah offered, as we read in Genesis 8:20-21. Through this offering, God blessed Noah and his family to be fruitful, multiply and replenish the earth. God placed His fear upon every beast of the earth in the extension of God’s love towards Noah, that is, God decided to make a covenant with him and his generation and, by extension, all living creatures.
This is a covenant of divine protection and divine fruitfulness: God promised not to wipe away with flood any longer. He made a token of the covenant by setting the rainbow in the cloud.
The faithfulness of God can be seen today. The rainbow has been seen by countless generations after Noah, even till today. You are precious before God; for you were made in His image. His covenant of peace, fruitfulness and abundant blessings, remain forever. However, for these covenants to be activated, God expects total obedience, giving honour to his words and a heart of gratitude through giving. Keep a good relationship with Him, and you will enjoy the fulfilment of his covenants with your life.
PRAYER:
Lord, please help me to walk under your covenant of preservation and fruitfulness. Amen.
