Once Moses had laid out all of the blessings and curses,he said " I have set before you life and death,blessing and cursing;therefore choose life,that both you and your descendants may live"(Duet: 30:19) I want to encourage you,choose to obey so you can enjoy God's blessing every day.
Deut: 28:14 explains what we have been redeemed to- the blessings of God. To be blessed means to be enriched,prospered,increased,fulfilled,favor,rewarded and satisfied.
Now it shall come to pass,if you diligently obey the voice of your God,to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today,that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth and all these blessings shall come upon you and over take you,because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
Blessed shall you be in the city,and blessed shall you be in the country.Blessed shall be the fruit of your body,the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds,the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock. Verses 1-4
The two main sources of income where crops and livestock. Yours could be real estate investments or you job.
Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl (your food supply)
Blessed shall you be when you come in, blessed shall be when you go out.
The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against to be defeated before your face;they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven way's.
The Lord will command the blessing on you in your store houses and in all to which you set your hand,and He will bless you in the land in which the Lord you God is giving you. Verses 5-8
In other word's,everything you touch,every investment you make,every job you hold,will prosper. You will succeed and increase,and it will bring satisfaction and fulfillment.
Proverbs 10:22, Say's,"The blessing of the Lord makes one rich,and He adds no sorrow with it."
Many people in the world have wealth,but they also have pain,brokenness and torment.You cant have peace in your life unless you have peace with God,so although you may have Lot's of material possession's,you may have little or no peace. the blessing of the Lord touches you spirit,soul,body,family and finances - every area of your life.Make a decision your going to walk in God's blessing's. Verse 9 of deut,ch 28 Say's:
The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself,just as He has sworn to you,if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His way's.
This means to be delivered from wickedness,sinfulness,and righteousness and unholiness.The two greatest commandments of the new testament are:
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,with all your soul,with all your mind.This is the first and great commandment.And the second is like it:"You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Matthew 22:37 - 39
If we love God with all are heart (loving God means obeying Him)and we love are neighbor as are self, we will keep the commandments. - we step into the place of blessing.
Let's go on with the blessings of Deuteronomy, chapter 28:
Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord,and they shall be afraid of you.
And the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground ( whatever type of work you are doing), and in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.
The Lord will open to you his good treasure,the heavens,to give the rain to your land in it's season, and bless all the work of your hand.You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. Verses 10-12
How would you like to be on the giving end where you are reaping a hundred fold harvest on every seed that you sow? That is Gods kind of abundance. He wants you to be Blessed so you can bless other nations with the Gospel.
A woman in our congregation who was in her sixties, her name is Alice Bush, was in a wheel chair. She believed in the blessings of Abraham and of divine healing.She walked right out of her wheel chair on to the mission field! NOW, in her late seventies, she's still preaching Jesus in the nations of the earth.Why? because she got hold of the blessing of God. She said of her circumstances,"This is the curse.This isn't a blessing. I'm going to believe for the blessing."
She still has something she can do to help other people.
And the Lord will make you the Head and not the tail; you shall be above only,and not be beneath,if you heed the commandments of the Lord, which I command you today and careful to observe them. So you shall not turn aside from any of the words I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after there other gods to serve them. Verses 13-14For many people,these blessings are so good they think,"it couldn't be that good."It is! This is the gospel of Jesus Christ.In Luke,Ch4, Jesus opened the book of Isiah and read:
"The spirit of the Lord is upon Me,because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor;he has sent me to heal the broken hearted,To proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind,to set at liberty those who are oppressed;"To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."versed 18,19
Jesus came to set us free from the curse.The"acceptable year of the Lord"refers to the year of jubilee when your crops,your flocks,and businesses are going to prosper. I am telling you,the gospel includes everything that involves your life. The forgiveness of your sin is the most important,but didn't stop here.He payed a price through His Son's death so you could have all the blessing's that He promised to Abraham.It's time to take a stand and believe it with all your heart.When you believe it you will began to declare it and resist the curse.
In John 10;10 Jesus simply restated Deut:28:"The thief (the devil) does not come except to steal,and to kill,and to destroy.I have come that they may have life,and that they may have it more abundantly."
The devil has come to bring the curse,but Jesus came to bring God's blessing's.Your greatest resistance to the curse is obedience to God and to His word.
The Israelites didn't declare the blessing's.instead of being grateful,they murmured and complained:
Ye have said,it is vain to serve God:what profit is it that we have keep ed His ordinance,and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of Host?
And now we call the proud happy;yea,they that work wickedness are set up;yea,they that tempt God are even delivered.Malachi 3:14,15
God said,"Your words have been stout against Me..."The Israelites were saying,"those who serve the Lord don't get blessed,but those who are wicked prosper."God said:Ye are cursed with a curse:for ye have robbed me,even this whole nation.Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse,that there may be meat in mine house,and prove me now herewith saith the Lord of Host,If I will not open you the windows of heaven,and pour you out a blessing,that there shall not be room enough receive it.
And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes,and He shall not destroy the fruits of your grounds;neither shall your cast her fruit before the time in the Field,saith the Lord of Hosts.And all nations shall call you blessed:For He shall be a delight some land,saith the Lord of Hosts. Malachi 3:9-12
Gos is saying,"I'm going to open heaven for those who will obey my voice."Malachi was just repeating the blessing of Abraham.
In Malachi,God said,"I will rebuke the devourer"in Duet:28,7 He said,"though the enemy comes against you one way,I will cause Him to flee from you seven way's.I will stop the devil from stealing your children.I will stop him from stealing your goods,taking the things I have blessed you with.I will rebuke him Myself and I will do it for your sake."(Praise Fellowship Church,Alice,Tx) Why?"Because I have made a promise to Abraham that in blessing I would bless him,and in multiplying I would muliply him.(This covenant promise is also for you and me today.)If you meet My conditions,I will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings out upon your life."
Abundant Living Confessions
Here are fourteen Abundant Living Personalized Confessions, which will help to move you into the mainstream of God's abundance:
1) To be "abundantly" blessed,I will diligently obey the voice of the Lord and the commandments of His word.
2) God is the source of all my abundance
3) I am increasing and succeeding in all that God has called me to do
4) My checking and savings accounts are blessed,in Jesus' name
5) My children are blessed
6) God's blessings make me rich,and He adds no sorrow with it.Prov 10:22.
7) God's peace rules in my heart and life.
8) I love the Lord my God with all my heart and mind,and I love my neighbor as my self(Matt 22:37-39
9) To love God means that I am quick to obey Him
10) I am am a lender,not a borrower Deut:28-12
11) I am the head and not the tail,above and not beneath Deut:28-13
12) The devil is out to steal,kill and destroy,but Jesus has come to give me life and life more abundantly John 10:10
13) My tithe (10% of my gross income) belongs to the storehouse( church) where I attend and am Fed spiritually (Malachi 3:10)
14) As a tither,God promises to rebuke the devourer (Satan) and open the windows of heaven and pour me out a blessing there is not room enough to receive. Abundance! Malachi 3:10,11
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