Happy Aloha Friday! It’s July 11th, 2025. What if I told you the Bible has one unified theme from beginning to end? Like a golden thread woven through every page—beneath the poetry and prophecy, the kings and covenants—there is one promise: quietly unfolding, patiently waiting to be received. It is God’s most repeated promise. The question isn’t just what is the promise. The question is—are we ready to live in it?
Today's Reading:
Isaiah 8,9,10; Hebrews 8
Scripture
“This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
(Hebrews 8:10) NIV
Observation
God's been writing the same promise across every page of Scripture: "I will be your God. You will be My people. I will dwell with you." This isn't new—it's ancient. Spoken in Eden. Sealed with Abraham. Housed in the tabernacle. Fulfilled in Jesus.
But here in Hebrews 8, something shifts: It's no longer written on stone. It's written on hearts. No longer enforced from the outside, but growing from the inside.
The Bible isn't disconnected stories. It's one great promise playing out: God with us—God within us.
Application
I know the promise. But am I becoming the kind of person who’s ready to live in it?
God isn’t asking me to try harder to follow rules written on stone. He’s writing His ways on my heart. That’s not my effort—it’s His. My role is to make space for Him to do what only He can.
The people of the promise aren’t those who’ve mastered the rules. They’re the ones who’ve learned to live from the inside out—where His presence dwells and shapes everything.
So I keep asking: Am I living like someone who carries God’s presence—or still performing to earn it? One flows from relationship. The other runs on empty.
This promise isn’t just that God will be with us. It’s that He’ll be within us—forming us into people who live as expressions of His covenant.
That’s who I want to become.
Because the people of the promise… are the people of His presence.
Prayer
God, Thank you for your promise. You are my God, I am Yours, and I desperately need Your presence. Write Your ways on my heart and mind. Make me a person of Your promise. Amen.
—Chris Kiriakos