Thursday, February 25, 2016

Blessings for Obedience - Leviticus 26

Life is all about choices.

We choose when to get up, and when to go to bed, what to eat, the clothes and shoes to wear, etc, etc, etc.  But as I said in previous studies, there are some things that shouldn’t be a choice. There are some absolutes that GOD had established for us just to follow, and they are just to be followed the way HE said to, and NOTHING or NO ONE has the right to debate those.
One of the most debated of those absolutes is the idol worshiping, either of carved images, pillars, or stones, which is forbidden! And notice that BEFORE showing us the blessings, The Lord had chosen to remind us in the first two verses of this chapter about this essential command.  I decided to number the twenty-six blessings The Lord promises to those following HIS Word, for easier understanding, and to help us realize that it pays off to be diligent following our Heavenly Father. Let’s begin!
DO NOT make idols or set up carved images, or sacred pillars, or sculptured stones in your land so you may worship them. I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD. 2 You must keep my Sabbath days of rest and show reverence for my sanctuary. I AM THE LORD.

3-13 If you FOLLOW MY decrees and are careful to OBEY MY commands:

1.            I will send you the seasonal rains

2.            The land will then yield its crops

3.            The trees of the field will produce their fruit.

4.            Your threshing season will overlap with the grape harvest

5.            Your grape harvest will overlap with the season of planting grain.

6.            You will eat your fill

7.            Live securely in your own land.

8.            I will give you peace in the land

9.            You will be able to sleep with no cause for fear

10.        I will rid the land of wild animals

11.        Keep your enemies out of your land

12.        You will chase down your enemies and slaughter them with your swords.

13.        Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand!

14.        All your enemies will fall beneath your sword.

15.        I will look favorably upon you,

16.        Making you fertile

17.        Multiplying your people

18.        I will fulfill my covenant with you

19.        You will have such a surplus of crops; you will need to make room for the new harvest!

20.        I will live among you

21.        I will not despise you.

22.        I will walk among you;

23.        I will be your God,

24.        You will be my people.

25.        You would no longer be their slaves.

26.        You can walk with your heads held high.

 
What else to say?          HIS promises cover all the areas of our lives; especially those that we have no control of it, like the rain, safety, peace, good sleep, no fear, fertility, and the assurance that HE WILL live and walk among us. What a deal?!!!
Now, these promises are ONLY for those who’ve accepted GOD as their ONLY Master in life.  What this means is that the promises ARE NOT for those that believe in luck, or for those that believe that thru Jesus earthly mother, Mary, will accomplish something.  IS NOT for those that believe in mediums or witchcraft doctors, or that believe that a set of cards can tell them the future.

If you fall in one of those categories, let me tell you that you have a chance to claim these promises ONLY IF YOU:

A.      ADMIT that  you are a sinner, and need salvation

B.      BELIEVE that God sent JESUS (HIS gift to us) to die at the cross to pay for our sins

C.      CONFESS The Lord as your only Savior & Master of your life.

After this believe that God had cleanse your ugly past, and sees you as a brand new creation with new opportunities to stay clean as long as you believe that with Him everything is possible! Therefore pray for Him to lead you to the church you need to be at where HIS Word is preached, and idol worshiping is inexistent.  Study His Word and pray DAILY! And join a Bible study group in church, you will discover that you have new brothers and sisters that are eager to meet you and grow in the Lord with you. 

Try it! You will not be disappointed, for GOD NEVER FAILS!

Please let me know if there’s any way I can lead you in finding a church close by you.

I’m praying for you!

 

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