A Covenant for All Generations

UV 1516/10,000 A Covenant for All Generations

As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

Isaiah 59 v 21

When we commit our hearts and thereby, our very lives in its totality to the Lord, He instantly seals or anoints us with His spirit- the Holy Spirit. It is a sign of our covenant or personal relationship with the Lord. The Spirit immediately sows the seed of the fruit of the spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility and self control in our spirits. It is up to us to nourish and grow these seed. We can choke these seed or allow them to grow, bud, blossom and bear fruit. The Spirit also endows us with some gifts or spiritual abilities that need to be used faithfully and grown to their full potential. The fruit and the gifts are together our spiritual DNA or heritage that we pass on to those we lead to the Lord as well as those who belong to our families- our own children. The seed and the fruit will never leave us or our generations. Our faith not only affects us positively but also influences the course of lives of our succeeding generations. As one man of God who died in a plane crash in the Bahamas last year said, success is about influencing succeeding generations. It should outlast our lives. A normal human being cannot know how his day will turn out but it is the privilege of the person who is in love relationship with God to know that all shall be well with his or her succeeding generations.


Along with the anointing of the Spirit, the Lord puts His word in our mouth. This word will also never leave us or our generations. Many people, who are not yet in a faith-relationship with the Lord, are not able to understand the Word as it is not accompanied by the Spirit of God. The Spirit of God is given to us to interpret the Word and to use it as a man uses a sword – to defend, to protect, to assail, to secure victory. The Word is versatile. It is not only a weapon for it is also spiritual food and sustenance for our spirits. The fruit and the gifts of the Spirit are to be used in consonance with the Word. The Word is the software of our inner being. All of our need and that of our generations are met in the Word. It is a covenant for all generations. It shapes our legacy and impacts people far into the future and stretching beyond time and space into eternity.

It is through the means of the indwelling Spirit, that the Lord writes His law in our inner being. The Spirit will teach us and lead us into all truth. He sets us free from our fears and doubts and confirms us with hope and assurance about the love, grace and power of God. The Spirit establishes us in our relationship with the Lord and removes the sources of our unfaithfulness so that we do not depart or make choices that are not approved by the Lord.

Prateep V Philip