Colors of Covenant
Think about the last time you saw a rainbow. Not with every rain, but once in a while when the sun shines during rain, we are privy to the blessedness of the rainbow. With every viewing, I have found myself attracted to the beauty and awe of the colors that arc overhead – colors that seem to start from and end in some elusive place. I think about the proverbial “Pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.” I consider Judy Garland’s song, “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” When encountering a rainbow, I always sense joy and hope.
The phenomenon of the rainbow is produced from sunlight and water droplets in the clouds. The colorlessness of the sun’s visible light, which we call “white,” is actually the presence of all colors. And as sunlight passes through prisms of precipitation in the air, the colors bow forth. God created the rainbow as a gift to Noah and all living creatures signifying His covenant that He would never again flood the earth. Whenever it would rain and the sun shown, the bowing reminder of God’s promise would color the sky.
In Scripture, Jesus is called the Sun of Righteousness (Mal. 4:2) and the Bright and Morning Star (Rev. 22:16). He is the source of all light and all color. When the light of our Savior passes through the prisms of His promises, then the colors of His covenant rainbow forth. With the natural rainbow, we see the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Similarly, in the Spirit, we behold the colors love, joy, peace, provision, prosperity, comfort, healing, life, victory, and many more.
Sometimes in our lives, we have “rainy” days or seasons – times when things just aren’t going as we might have hoped or planned. Sometimes the rains fall so heavily that it feels like God is absent, or colorless. But if we look to the heavens, like Noah, we will be comforted by the bowing reminder of our Lord’s faithfulness to His promises. As we behold His colors of covenant, His perfect love will cast out all fear. His joy will flood our hearts. The peace that surpasses understanding will guard our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Everything we need, we will have. We can know without a doubt that the blessings of our Father God will find us and overtake us – whether we need healing, victory in a battle, renewed faith, or refreshing in our souls. No matter what has clouded our skies and brought the rain, the rainbow reminds us that the “pot of gold” is His promise. And we can rest assured that all the wonder that lies somewhere over the rainbow is available to us in our here and now.
Genesis 9:8-17
8Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: 9“And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you, 10and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth. 11Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12And God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. 14It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
Revelation 4:3
And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
Dear Lord, Thank You that You faithfully remind Yourself of Your everlasting covenant with us. Help us, Lord, to continually draw our light from You and trust that You will always come to our rescue. We also pray that Your light pass through us as we follow You, that we may brighten each other’s lives with Your colors of covenant. In the saving name of Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen.
Barb
The phenomenon of the rainbow is produced from sunlight and water droplets in the clouds. The colorlessness of the sun’s visible light, which we call “white,” is actually the presence of all colors. And as sunlight passes through prisms of precipitation in the air, the colors bow forth. God created the rainbow as a gift to Noah and all living creatures signifying His covenant that He would never again flood the earth. Whenever it would rain and the sun shown, the bowing reminder of God’s promise would color the sky.
In Scripture, Jesus is called the Sun of Righteousness (Mal. 4:2) and the Bright and Morning Star (Rev. 22:16). He is the source of all light and all color. When the light of our Savior passes through the prisms of His promises, then the colors of His covenant rainbow forth. With the natural rainbow, we see the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Similarly, in the Spirit, we behold the colors love, joy, peace, provision, prosperity, comfort, healing, life, victory, and many more.
Sometimes in our lives, we have “rainy” days or seasons – times when things just aren’t going as we might have hoped or planned. Sometimes the rains fall so heavily that it feels like God is absent, or colorless. But if we look to the heavens, like Noah, we will be comforted by the bowing reminder of our Lord’s faithfulness to His promises. As we behold His colors of covenant, His perfect love will cast out all fear. His joy will flood our hearts. The peace that surpasses understanding will guard our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Everything we need, we will have. We can know without a doubt that the blessings of our Father God will find us and overtake us – whether we need healing, victory in a battle, renewed faith, or refreshing in our souls. No matter what has clouded our skies and brought the rain, the rainbow reminds us that the “pot of gold” is His promise. And we can rest assured that all the wonder that lies somewhere over the rainbow is available to us in our here and now.
Genesis 9:8-17
8Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: 9“And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you, 10and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth. 11Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12And God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. 14It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
Revelation 4:3
And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
Dear Lord, Thank You that You faithfully remind Yourself of Your everlasting covenant with us. Help us, Lord, to continually draw our light from You and trust that You will always come to our rescue. We also pray that Your light pass through us as we follow You, that we may brighten each other’s lives with Your colors of covenant. In the saving name of Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen.
Barb
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