Covenant Keeping God,
You speak after the storm.
You do not leave silence behind the flood,
but words of promise,
of peace,
of permanence.
You said to Noah,
“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.”
Your command echoes Eden
a reminder that You restore what sin tried to erase.
You are the God of second beginnings.
Lord, I need that kind of mercy.
After the floodwaters of my failure,
after judgment and fear and waiting
You still invite me to multiply beauty,
to step forward with purpose.
Give me courage to start again.
You placed Your bow in the clouds.
Not a weapon bent toward earth,
but a sign stretched across the sky
a banner of Your mercy.
Not because we deserve it,
but because You delight in grace.
I confess
I forget the rainbow.
I forget that You keep Your promises
even when I break mine.
I forget that You look at the world through covenant eyes,
not just wrath.
You see me through mercy.
Through love.
Through the blood of a better sacrifice.
When I tremble at my failures,
remind me to look up.
To see that You’ve already made peace.
That You’ve already declared
“I will remember My covenant.”
You give us authority again
dominion with responsibility.
Meat for food, but life is in the blood.
You value every soul.
Every breath.
Every image bearer.
Help me to live like life is sacred.
To honor the image of God in my neighbor,
in my enemy,
in myself.
To see every human not as an obstacle,
but as a wonder You crafted.
And then
Noah.
The same man who walked with You,
who obeyed, who built, who believed
fell.
He planted a vineyard.
He drank too deeply.
He lay uncovered in his tent.
Lord, how quickly the righteous can stumble.
How fragile we are,
even after great faith.
Let me never think I’ve outgrown temptation.
Let me never trade obedience for indulgence.
Still, You were not finished with him.
Even in Noah’s shame,
You wrote Your covenant into history.
You continued the line.
You carried the blessing forward.
Thank You that failure doesn’t have to be the final word.
That even in brokenness,
Your faithfulness remains.
So I lift my eyes today
from the mess of my life
to the sky You painted with a bow.
You are the God who remembers.
The God who restores.
The God who reigns in mercy.
In the name of Jesus,
the Mediator of a better covenant,
sealed in His blood,
Amen.