Prayers That Activate Blessings

Chapter 5 The Blessing Of Covenant

IN ISAIAH 54 God promised His people a covenant of peace (shalom): "For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee" (Isa. 54:10, KJV). But Israel never walked in that covenant of peace consistently because they continued to violate it. The greatest period of shalom was under King Solomon, whose name actually means peace. He was the most prosperous king of Israel. For a forty-year period Israel lived under that promise of shalom. But then Solomon married other wives and took part in idolatry, and there was a breach or a split from the covenant God had established. Peace and shalom come from God. Only He can give it, and He can take it away. We also have the choice to be blessed by walking in covenant with Him or to deactivate the blessings by not walking in covenant with Him. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. —Isaiah 45:7, KJV When you leave God and break His covenant, God will withdraw His shalom and allow disaster. The enemy will come into your land and destroy you. The sword will come in the land and prosperity will be destroyed. We see that this is true based on the Israelites' experiences all through the Book of Judges. But God will send warning