Deuteronomy 28:1-5 - "If
you fully obey the LORD your God by keeping all the commands I am giving you
today, the LORD your God will exalt you above all the nations of the world. You will experience all these blessings if you
obey the LORD your God: You will be
blessed in your towns and in the country. You will be blessed with many children and
productive fields. You will be blessed with fertile herds and flocks. You will be blessed with baskets overflowing
with fruit, and with kneading bowls filled
with bread. You will be blessed wherever
you go, both in coming and in going.
I am so glad that Moses started this speech with the positive
side of following God’s rules. The
blessings he promised encompass every part of our daily life…from food to
relationships. The blessings of God are
there…for all those who believe in him and obey the rules he gave us to have a
long and prosperous life...and they follow us everywhere he sends us to do his
work.
Almost seems like a no brainer…we do what God asks…and he
blesses us in return. But in my life I know that I fall so short of what God
calls me to do…I break at least one rule every day…and I struggle with some of
his rules more than others. So I wonder
daily how God could bless me as much as he does…with a great place to live…a
job that pays the bills...with a church that gives me support…and friends and
family around the world who love me. Maybe I do more right than I do wrong…but
there are days I beat myself up cause I know I messed up bad….and God’s
blessings are so abundant that I know I don’t deserve them.
It also crosses my mind that the blessings of God are not
always so obvious to our human brains.
Over the last two years…I have come to realize that even the 4 short
months I had with my second husband were a blessing…for in the sadness and
emptiness of his death…I have seen God work in my life. God has filled the void
of Mitchell’s absence….with a powerful love and thirst for his word…and he is
showing me how to praise him …even in the saddest time of my life. Just like Laura Story’s great song….sometimes
his greatest blessings come through the tears of our struggles.
Father…I thank you this morning for every good and perfect
thing you have ever given me…those blessings that I recognized immediately…and
those that you are still trying to help me see.
Help me to focus more on you than ever before…so I can continue to drink
in the goodness of all you have planned for me…plans to prosper me…and give me
hope for the future…even when on the surface it seems that you have taken
something really good away. Give me eyes
and ears to listen to you …and begin to follow more of your rules…so you can bestow
on me the full blessings you have stored up just for me. Amen.
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