"And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.” Deuteronomy 28:2
“So that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully met within us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit [our lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit.] Romans 8:4 Amplified Bible
The Truth of God will absolutely set us free. God’s Truth will set Islamic extremist free, it will set atheist free, it will set young and old, male and female, minority and majority free! Faith comes from hearing God’s Truth and faith is the evidence of things hoped for. I do hope for this: that we all live as our Lord and Savior lives, and that we are actually as He is in this world, as 1 John 4:17 teaches us we are! Out of all of the blessings proclaimed in the verses that we have studied together so far, the one I want you to really remember and take hold of is, "shall come on thee, and overtake thee." Far too many of us believe that we have to labor intensely, and only after we get it exactly right, will we be blessed by our Father. That is crazy; for those of you that have kids, you know what I mean. As parents we are every bit as much involved in, and responsible for, the well being of our children as they are. Far more times than not, we pour out blessings on our kids, and they have done nothing, other than being our kids, to earn the blessings. God is the same way. Jesus teaches us, "Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light." Matthew 11:29-30 The Truth is that if we are truly chosen of God and empowered by the Holy Spirit to say yes to Jesus, than all of the blessings of God will overtake us! We may be disciplined along the way for taking thought or messing up, but thank God, our disciplining is from our Father, and it will lead us into even a greater and more mature walk with Him, and thus more blessings overtaking us!
Turn to 2 Corinthians 12 and read. Paul had a thorn in his flesh; a messenger of satan sent to buffet him. What the thorn was, I have no idea, God didn’t have him write what it was. But Paul had gone to God three times and asked Him to remove it. Well, what did God do? He corrected Paul for taking thought about his own life. God told him that His grace, His unmerited favor, was enough. God gave Him the answer, so through the power of the Holy Spirit Paul began to praise God in his troubles and God was strengthened within him! God’s strength was perfected, perfected mind you, in Paul’s weakness. Paul didn’t have the strength to praise God in his times of trouble, but God sure did, and God’s strength is perfect! God had to have Paul stop taking thought for himself, so that Paul could be delivered! Notice that God was right there with Paul. He never left him, and He never forsook him, and God gave Paul the answer! I am telling you, God said take no thought, it’s not just a good idea, it’s the way that God leads us into an abundant life, and if we are saved, then God will lead us there! A-men, that is so great, even if we act like immature babies, if we are born of God, abundance will overtake us because Jesus came that we might have life and that we might have it abundantly. God is always right here with us. I may need this, you may need that, God knows exactly what it will take with each of us, and He is right here leading us and guiding us, teaching us, rewarding us, disciplining us, and it is all blessing us! Blessing us abundantly!
I hope you see a pattern developing here, according to God's Word, His desire for us is to be prosperous in everything we do. His hope for us is to give us the desires of our hearts, and to insure that our hearts desire the right things; He gave us a new heart! God has provided a way through Jesus, our Lord and Savior, to accomplish all of His desires for us. God will provide all of our needs, so that we will have an abundant life. Earlier I asked the question, why would someone want to be saved? These verses we have studied together so far are the beginning of an explanation as to why. We are blessed this day and every day through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, Who ever lives to intercede for us so that we might be saved to the uttermost!
“So that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully met within us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit [our lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit.] Romans 8:4 Amplified Bible
The Truth of God will absolutely set us free. God’s Truth will set Islamic extremist free, it will set atheist free, it will set young and old, male and female, minority and majority free! Faith comes from hearing God’s Truth and faith is the evidence of things hoped for. I do hope for this: that we all live as our Lord and Savior lives, and that we are actually as He is in this world, as 1 John 4:17 teaches us we are! Out of all of the blessings proclaimed in the verses that we have studied together so far, the one I want you to really remember and take hold of is, "shall come on thee, and overtake thee." Far too many of us believe that we have to labor intensely, and only after we get it exactly right, will we be blessed by our Father. That is crazy; for those of you that have kids, you know what I mean. As parents we are every bit as much involved in, and responsible for, the well being of our children as they are. Far more times than not, we pour out blessings on our kids, and they have done nothing, other than being our kids, to earn the blessings. God is the same way. Jesus teaches us, "Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light." Matthew 11:29-30 The Truth is that if we are truly chosen of God and empowered by the Holy Spirit to say yes to Jesus, than all of the blessings of God will overtake us! We may be disciplined along the way for taking thought or messing up, but thank God, our disciplining is from our Father, and it will lead us into even a greater and more mature walk with Him, and thus more blessings overtaking us!
Turn to 2 Corinthians 12 and read. Paul had a thorn in his flesh; a messenger of satan sent to buffet him. What the thorn was, I have no idea, God didn’t have him write what it was. But Paul had gone to God three times and asked Him to remove it. Well, what did God do? He corrected Paul for taking thought about his own life. God told him that His grace, His unmerited favor, was enough. God gave Him the answer, so through the power of the Holy Spirit Paul began to praise God in his troubles and God was strengthened within him! God’s strength was perfected, perfected mind you, in Paul’s weakness. Paul didn’t have the strength to praise God in his times of trouble, but God sure did, and God’s strength is perfect! God had to have Paul stop taking thought for himself, so that Paul could be delivered! Notice that God was right there with Paul. He never left him, and He never forsook him, and God gave Paul the answer! I am telling you, God said take no thought, it’s not just a good idea, it’s the way that God leads us into an abundant life, and if we are saved, then God will lead us there! A-men, that is so great, even if we act like immature babies, if we are born of God, abundance will overtake us because Jesus came that we might have life and that we might have it abundantly. God is always right here with us. I may need this, you may need that, God knows exactly what it will take with each of us, and He is right here leading us and guiding us, teaching us, rewarding us, disciplining us, and it is all blessing us! Blessing us abundantly!
I hope you see a pattern developing here, according to God's Word, His desire for us is to be prosperous in everything we do. His hope for us is to give us the desires of our hearts, and to insure that our hearts desire the right things; He gave us a new heart! God has provided a way through Jesus, our Lord and Savior, to accomplish all of His desires for us. God will provide all of our needs, so that we will have an abundant life. Earlier I asked the question, why would someone want to be saved? These verses we have studied together so far are the beginning of an explanation as to why. We are blessed this day and every day through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, Who ever lives to intercede for us so that we might be saved to the uttermost!
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