New Level of Blessing
I try to wake up each morning with a grateful heart for the blessing of the Lord upon my life. Even when I’m stressed, I have much to be thankful for. I believe that the blessing of the Lord is a by-product of my obedience and trust in Him. I also believe that the blessing of God is not “stuff” – it’s His Presence that blesses me. I would rather be poor and destitute with the Presence of God, than to be wealthy beyond my wildest dreams without Him. My obedience to the Lord reveals what I believe about Him.
Moses is writing a book of instructions to the people of Israel before they enter the land promised to them by God. He is connecting the blessing of God with obedience that God requires. Check this out….
1“If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the world. 2 You will experience all these blessings if you obey the Lord your God:
3 Your towns and your fields
will be blessed.
4 Your children and your crops
will be blessed.
The offspring of your herds and flocks
will be blessed.
5 Your fruit baskets and breadboards
will be blessed.
6 Wherever you go and whatever you do,
you will be blessed. (Deuteronomy 28:1-6 NLT)
I want the blessing of God upon my life and upon the lives of my family and friends. Moses spends about 14 verses speaking of the blessing of God and then the next 53 verses with warning after warning about what will happen if obedience stops.
My life is a journey with the Lord. I have decided to follow the Lord and obey Him the rest of my life. I have asked Him for favor and blessing. I trust Him when I can’t see what He’s doing. I trust Him when I don’t understand why something happened the way it did. I am praying for a new level of blessing. The Lord is leading me to a whole new level of obedience. I am growing in my dependence upon God as I lay down my rights and trust Him with all of me. It’s one thing to trust the Lord with a few things, but it’s a whole new level to let Him have all that I am and all that I have. I want to walk in a whole new level of obedience, and I want to be the recipient of a whole new level of blessing from the Lord.
Pressing On!
Dwayne