JANUARY 7, 2010OBEDIENCE STILL BRINGS BLESSINGS!
Scripture Reading-- Isaiah 1:19-20
"If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if
ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of
the Lord hath spoken it" ( emphasis added ).
Willing obedience always produces blessing. In Deuteronomy 6, while preparing His people to enter the Promised Land, God commanded them to obey His Word if they wanted His blessing. In verse 3a, He says, "Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee" ( emphasis added ). At the close of the chapter, the parents told their children why obeying God's Word was so important. "And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us" ( vv. 24-25, emphasis added ).
A father taught his son the value of instant obedience. One day, while they were hiking in the mountains, the father said with urgency, "Son, drop to the ground immediately!" The youngster didn't understand his dad's command but obeyed. Instantly, the father shot a rattlesnake coiled on a rock behind the boy's head. Had the boy delayed, the dangerous snake may have bitten him. because the boy obeyed, his life was spared.
Obedience is doing what we're told immediately with the right heart attitude. When God tells a family what to do and they obey without question, even if the obedience is hard or if they don't understand, God will bless. The problem is that many families know what to do but don't do it. Then they wonder why God isn't blessing. Because God still blesses obedience, there's hope for the family.
DO THIS NOW: Read Jeremiah 29:17-19. Discuss what God says about the danger of not hearing and obeying what He says.
--Jack Palmer--
READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN " 1 " YEAR: Genesis cc. 20-22
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