If you will …then…I will

Leviticus 26; Leviticus 27; Acts 23
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Leviticus 26

3 " 'If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, 4 I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees of the field their fruit. 5 Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in safety in your land.
6 " 'I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove savage beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country. 7 You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you. 8 Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
9 " 'I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with you. 10 You will still be eating last year's harvest when you will have to move it out to make room for the new. 11 I will put my dwelling place among you, and I will not abhor you. 12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people. 13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high.

Observation

Do you want your life to be different? Do you want to live under God’s favor? Do you want to be blessed? The answer to those three questions is all wrapped up in this four-letter word – OBEY!

The New Testament is full of verses that talk about the importance of obedience. The children of Israel had it made in the promise land while they lived lives of obedience. Jesus said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."Luke 11:28 And In 1 John 3:22 John says, “and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.” And look at what God promised in De 28:2 “All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God.”

It seems so clear and so simple yet we choose to disobey Christ on a daily basis.

Hello…what is wrong with us?

Application

It is my desire to live in obedience to God. How about you?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I know that today I will be given opportunities to disobey you. Help me obey. Give me strength to say “no” to sin and “no” to the temptations that will come at me today. I want to honor you today by obeying you. Guide me today. May my thoughts and my actions please you. Amen.

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