“Although my house is not so with God, Yet He has made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things and secure. For this is all my salvation and all my desire; Will He not make it increase?” (2 Samuel 23:5).

This is not so much one promise as an aggregate of promises–a box of pearls. The covenant is the ark which contains all things.

These are the last words of David! But they may be mine today. Here is a sigh: “Although my house is not so with God…” Things are not with me and mine as I could wish; there are trials, cares, and sins. These make the pillow hard.

There is a solace: “He hath made with me an everlasting covenant.” God has pledged Himself to me, and sealed the compact with the blood of Jesus. I am bound to my God and my God to me. This brings into a security: “Ordered in all things and secure…” Since this covenant is everlasting, well ordered, and sure. There is nothing to fear from the lapse of time, the failure of some forgotten point, or the natural uncertainty of things. The covenant is a rocky foundation to build on for life or for death.

Then comes satisfaction: “For this is all my salvation and all my desire; Will He not make it increase?”. David wants no more for salvation or delectation. He is delivered, and he is delighted. The covenant is all a man can desire! Are you in His Covenantal care?

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