When we read through Hebrews 11 it’s clear the hand of God moved powerfully on men and women who had great faith in Him. He performed everything He had promised them. There is something well worth paying attention to – these men and women did mighty exploits and experienced the manifestation of God’s promises to them when they made the decision to trust Him wholeheartedly and obey Him! When we understand our covenant relationship with God, we have full confidence in His nature to always take care of us and keep His promises concerning us. Our covenant obligation is simply to trust and obey Him. Everything concerning our covenant hangs on one four letter word – FAITH. We need to always be thinking, speaking, and acting in line with it. In order for us to have thoughts full of faith we must spend time meditating on God’s word far more than we meditate on anything else. His word is alive and full of power and keeps our thoughts in line with His own (John 6:63, Hebrews 4:12). Faith also has a distinct language and attitude – it is always marked by thanksgiving and gratitude. It’s impossible for doubt and fear to cohabitate with thankfulness! A great way to get ourselves into the habit of speaking like covenant people is to mention the phrase, “I’m so grateful” in every conversation and to begin every spontaneous prayer to the Lord with the words, “Thank You Lord!”. This keeps our prayers filled with faith and not begging or complaining. Faith has a way of acting too, it’s called obedience. We simply obey what the word tells us to do, and act on whatever the Holy Spirit prompts us to do. That’s what keeps it alive in us! The Bible says faith without works or the corresponding action is dead (James 2:26). It’s time to take our covenant of faith seriously so we can be counted with those men and women of God that through faith and patience – inherited everything God had promised them!