Ezekiel 34: ²⁵ “I will make a covenant of peace with my people and drive away the dangerous animals from the land. Then they will be able to camp safely in the wildest places and sleep in the woods without fear. ²⁶ I will bless my people and their homes around my holy hill. And in the proper season I will send the showers they need. There will be showers of blessing. ²⁷ The orchards and fields of my people will yield bumper crops, and everyone will live in safety. When I have broken their chains of slavery and rescued them from those who enslaved them, then they will know that I am the Lord. ²⁸ They will no longer be prey for other nations, and wild animals will no longer devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will frighten them.

²⁹ “And I will make their land famous for its crops, so my people will never again suffer from famines or the insults of foreign nations. ³⁰ In this way, they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them. And they will know that they, the people of Israel, are my people, says the Sovereign Lord. ³¹ You are my flock, the sheep of my pasture. You are my people, and I am your God. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

 

I feel like I live in a covenant of peace with God... when I was in the world.. it seemed like troubles after troubles would surround me.. I used to say I could sit in a corner and trouble would come and find me.. I don't feel like that anymore... the only trouble I would say that I ever have is financial.. and that is self imposed by bad spending habits...

 

I don't think this is the truth of everyone though.. I think that some people come to God and continue to have problems in their lives... I don't know what it is that makes the difference.. what would make someone to be chosen to have troubles after troubles.. does it have to do with someone having a lack of trust.. I don't think it can be that as I don't know that I trust as I should...  or someone being surrounded by unsaved people.. or someone needing to learn something that wouldn't be taught any other way... I don't know what it is..

 

I am VERY THANKFUL for this covenant of peace...

I wish everyone was living in one..