THE LIFE OF FAITH AND THE GLORIOUS CHURCH - VOL. 2
january 3rd
THE
BLESSING OF OBEDIENCE - THE CURSE OF DISOBEDIENCE
...."The Lord will establish you as a Holy people to Himself, as He swore
to you, if you will keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and walk in His
ways. So all the 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 make you abound
in prosperity...in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give
you"....
Deuteronomy 28:9-11 NASB
The first fourteen
verses of this chapter give us a clear look at the blessings of obedience, and
from verse fifteen on we see that which is under the "curse" of
disobedience. The Father has ALWAYS set His standard [measure] by His Word
[Will] and, thus, it is our obedience or disobedience to that Word [Will] that
will decide which judgement we place ourselves under. It will be either the
judgement of the righteous [in Christ] or the judgement of the unrighteous [all
that is apart from Christ - sin, the world, and all that which is in agreement
with the "mind of Satan"]. One is never able to complain about the
judgement they are under - and, thus, accuse God of doing something that is
unjust - because He has already stated His standard [an absolute standard] in
His Word, and as we either "align" ourselves to or separate ourselves
from that Word [holy standard - plumb line] "we" will determine which
judgement will, ultimately, befall us [manifest in our life] [Galatians 6:7-8].
THE POWER OF GOD IS MEANT TO REST UPON US AND FLOW THROUGH US SO
THAT WE MIGHT BE A DISTINGUISHABLE PEOPLE IN THE EARTH, AND THAT SIGNS AND
WONDERS MIGHT FOLLOW US IN ALL THAT WE DO
Once again, in this
passage we can see the Lord speaking of a "distinguishable" people.
Verse ten states:
...."So all the peoples
of the earth shall see that you are called by the Name of the Lord and they
shall be afraid of you"...
How are people going to see that we are called by the Name of the Lord if we do
not seek to do all things by His power? "And they shall be afraid of
you." The word "afraid" used here covers the whole spectrum
between respect and absolute dread of the power of God within us and upon us.
Indeed, the power of God is meant to rest upon us and flow through us so that
we might be a distinguishable people in the earth, and that signs and wonders
might follow us in ALL that we say and do.
IT IS THE WILL OF THE FATHER FOR ALL OF HIS CHILDREN TO ABIDE IN
DIVINE PROSPERITY!
Verse
11 states:
...."And
the Lord will make you abound in prosperity"....
This is another aspect
of the Father's will. It "seems" a strange thing to me how people can
so easily twist and distort the Word of God - in saying that God does not
desire His people to be prosperous. They tell us that God wants us to live this
way or that way, or that God wants you to be sick in order to teach you
something. These are all lies of Satan! Yet many cling to these lies due to the
simple fact that they have not diligently sought the truth in the Word of God -
the truth that will replace any lies that Satan has attempted to deceive and
control them with - through fear and unbelief. This can only be because they
still desire to maintain a grip upon their "own" lives - and, thus,
they remain in bondage to fear rather than experiencing the "fullness"
of their salvation [inheritance] through the continual exercising of an
absolute dependence upon the Father and His Word. Let us be those who are found
diligently pursuing the heart of the Father in this hour! For it is only a
burning "revelation" of the absolute truths found in His Word that
will empower us to abide in the perfect liberty that belongs to every last
child of God, in Christ - and it is certain that as we abide in that perfect
liberty we will be holy vessels who are used in leading others out of bondage
and into freedom in this most glorious hour.
Related
Scriptures: 2 Corinthians 3:17;
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