Now that you've got a good understanding of the three pillars of being a man of covenant - Commitment, Integrity & Accountability (CIA), let's look at some principles that exemplify these pillars and which a man of covenant strives to live by. The list of principles I will share is not exhaustive, but if you apply them to your life you will be well on your way to being the man of covenant God has called you to be.
The first principle is that a man of covenant is a learned disciple of The Lord Jesus Christ and a student of the Word. By disciple I don't mean just being saved or born again. That's just the starting point. But being a disciple of Christ means catching the revelation of who He is and His way of doing things, and modeling your lifestyle after His, submitting to His will for your life and being obedient to His commandments.
Being a learned disciple also entails making learned disciples out of others, sharing and teaching what you have learned about following Christ with others so they too can become learned disciples (Matthew 28:18-20).
Finally, a learned disciple is a student of the Word of God, because if you are going to be like Jesus, you need to learn how He was and lived which you only learn from the Word. Studying the Word takes time, effort and discipline. It's not just reading scriture but catching the revelation of what God is truly saying to you in scripture so you can apply that in your life.
This involves reading, meditating on, praying over and asking God to open up the Word for you; looking at different versions of the Word; finding the definition of certain words in the Greek and Hebrew as well as English; checking with a Concordance or other word study resource; and talking with other men and women of God who may have already caught the revelation of a particular scripture you are studying.
And, studying the Word of God should be something you do on a consistent regular basis, preferably daily, but at least on some regular basis.
On to principle two in the next Post.
We'll look at CIA principle #2 in the next Post.
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