[S] Leviticus 26:3-4,8-9 --
3'If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out,
4then I shall give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
8five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.
9'So I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you
[O] Quite an encouraging passage outlining how my obedience to keep His commandments will result in the abundance of His blessings and provision for all of my needs as well as the strength to push forward against all odds. As I think about the actual ROI of this statement, it's simply mind boggling because not only this goes against the what the society strives for but it also seems too easy to do -- I don't have to work hard at all but just keep God's statues and commandments. (BTW, past Sunday's sermon was on this concept based on Psalm 37:4 -- Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart.) As I ponder on this thought, my mind's peaking into the heart of God -- what He desires from me in priority order. I admit that God can do anything so the part about His provisioning to all of my needs shouldn't surprise me. In fact He wants to do that for me as long as my heart is aligned with His. As long as I'm in pursuit of His purposes for my life. He wants my heart. Then He will guarantee the rest. Is it that simple and easy? On paper it seems so but speaking from experience it ain't that easy. In fact, in subsequent verses (Leviticus 26:14-46) God lists the consequences of disobedience with multiple "If you fail to follow me ..." statements but I won't go there now because I want to end on a high note this morning enjoying the concept of receiving the abundant provision from Him. I want to end with the encouraging thought of following His commands today and knowing that He will delight in my obedience. I want to be driven by this encouraging thought today.
[A] Identify an area of my life that I'm striving very hard to achieve greater results and surrender to Him the outcome of that effort while committing to first follow His commands of learning, meditating, and applying His word into my life.
[P] Dear God, what a wonderful thought to start the day after a long weekend holiday. Allow me to live out this week to taste Your sweet blessings in my and my family members' lives because we desire to follow Your commands foremost. Please guide and guard my children's hearts this week and let them be focused on Your leadership. In Jesus' name. Amen.d
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