Obedience

If we are obedient to observe and do what God commands us (live/love right, give much, & pray always), God will bless us beyond measure.

Here is the blessing of obedience from the Word of God in Deuteronomy 28. God remains the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. May we take confidence in His word and let it compel us to be obedient, not just because of the blessings but because He loves us that much!

Deuteronomy 28:1-14
1And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

2And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

His blessings will overtake you!

3Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

5Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

6Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

You will be blessed wherever you go! He will bless you in the city, in the field, coming in, and going out. He will bless and increase your fruit (whatever you produce).Hallelujah!

7The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

WARNING: Enemies will rise up. CONSOLATION: They will be smitten (struck with a hard blow).

8The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

God will bless everything you do!

9The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

Obey!

10And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

11And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

12The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

He will make you have plenty for yourself and enough to loan to others!

13And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

14And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

God's desire is that we be obedient to his commands. When we are obedient he is faithful and just to bless us. God has a plan to prosper us in every way and every area. He loves us enough to want us to have the very best. We should love Him enough to give Him our very best in every capacity.