This thought came to me during prayer last night:

The greatest and most important thing we can do with our lives is to make and keep covenants.

This morning I ask myself why?

• Covenants develop character.
• Covenants make things eternal.
• Covenants cut off problems.
• Covenants give direction.
• Covenants give purpose.
• Covenants make families eternal.
• Covenants prevent sin.
• Covenants negate Satan’s power.
• Covenants keep one clean.
• Covenants make one unselfish.
• Covenants are godmakers.
• Covenants assure joy.
• Covenants have been forgotten by the world.  Satan successfully eliminated them from Christian thinking.  The Restoration restored them.  This is a huge frustration to the adversary.  Covenants negate his power.
• Covenants put the lock on commandments.
• Covenants are brothers to the Lord’s commandments.
• Covenants are our friends.
• Covenants are our salvation.
• Covenants open the certainty of exaltation.
• Covenants are safety.

A life without covenants is a life without compass, helm, rudder, anchor, or helmsman.  A life without covenants is driven by whims, winds, currents, fads, people’s opinions, and selfish desires.

• Covenants are an anchor.
• Covenants are a compass.
• Covenants are the helm and rudder.
• Covenants are a constant.
• Covenants are the quest of a lifetime.
• Covenants are the treasure for which we seek.  We must not rest until we have made every covenant available to man.  Our work thereafter is to keep them meticulously.