Provision
“And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. “The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. The Lord will command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake. And he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. The Lord will establish you as a people holy to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in his ways. And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you. And the Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them, and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. Deuteronomy 28
When I was growing up, I was not a fan of all my parent’s rules, so I disobeyed them. I thought my mom was crazy and I disliked being a pastor’s kid. By the time I was a teenager, needless to say, many of the people at our church were not a fan of me. My parents were consistently taking away privileges and disciplining me to get me to obey. When I think back about my behavior I wanted to be obedient on my terms. I did not enjoy getting in trouble and missing out on the opportunities that were there for me. It was a battle of surrendering my soul. I felt like I was giving up apart of myself when I surrendered. I did not realize that my soul needed to be surrendered.
I believe that it is the same way when it comes to serving God. He promises all these provisions if we obey his instructions and the opposite if we choose to disobey his commandments. Because we live in a world full of sin and we were born with a sinful nature, the battle to have our own identity and do our own thing gives us a false sense that we are losing our identity if we surrender to God.
Many people don’t know that they have been robbed of their true identity. In addition, for many individuals it is not until there is hopelessness, or something worse in their life that they would even begin to consider God. Our true identity is found in Genesis 1:27, “so God create man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them…” Genesis 1:27-28, ESV When man knows and accepts who they are and their purpose they will never feel like they are losing their identity, or losing control of themselves. They will find that it is a joy to surrender to God, obey his instructions and enjoy all his provisions!
Lord, God!
How awesome you are to create man in your image! Thank you! Thank you for all your blessings! I pray that you will bless mankind so that they will begin to: understand how wide, long, high and deep your love is and to know that this love surpasses all knowledge; that they may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God; so that they will surrender their souls and be able to receive all the blessing you have waiting for every believer who obeys your word! This I pray in Jesus’ name amen!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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