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What Stands Between You and the Abundant Life?
| Posted on 19 December, 2016 at 20:49 |
 The Blessings of the Promised Land Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it; And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. And it shall come to pass, IF ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full." Duet. 11:8-15 Top of the morning to all of our Kingdom Brothas and Sistas, I pray that you are doing wonderful this morning partaking in God' s liquid sunshine. There is nothing like Him sending a shower to refresh His sons and daughters. Yesterday I woke up this morning with the word IF on my mind. You know so many times we may focus on the blessings of the Lord without taking into account the fact that there is a prerequisite to obtaining those blessings that He so graciously wants to bestow upon us. And that is where that word IF comes in. Yesterday before church the Lord led me to Deuteronomy 11. Okay Brothas Sistas, let's take some time to break this down. Let's atart with vs. 8. In this passage of scripture the Lords says, "IF thou wilt enter into life, IF thou will enter into Canaan (which is a type of life according to Matthew Henry's commentary) and find it a good land keep thy commandments which I command you this day" Notice that we are not being promised pie in the sky without first telling us how we are to obtain it. For example, most of us know by now that we cannot live any old kind of way and expect to receive all that He has for us. We must indeed do something on our part and that something involves us obeying our Heavenly Father. The definition of the word IF is in the event that; allowing that; or on the assumption that. Just like in that day when our Heavenly Father promised the Israelites life and blessing when they CHOSE obedience over rebellion He does the same thing with us today. Brothas and Sistas, the prerequisite for going into the land of plenty, blessing, and prosperity is only in the event that we hearken unto His voice. It is solely based on and stands on the assumption that we will not harden our hearts. And it will primarily rests on our inherent ability to trust Him in all things to the point of submitting to His rule over our will which includes the decisions that we make. The passage goes on to say in verses 13-15, "And it shall come to pass, IF ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full." Okay Brothas and Sistas, there goes that word IF again. And look if we begin to look at the word rain, the first rain represented the former or after the harvest rain or autumn rain which in Arabic is pronounced malgosh. The latter rain represented the rain before harvest or spring rains which in Arabic is pronounced bresho or huetos. The word rain represents a blessing and abundance during the harvest. Abundant harvest requires both the first and the latter rain. Both types of rain ultimately represent an outpouring of the Lord's blessings upon us. IF there was a lack of rain in the proper time or due season it was the cause of complete failure of the harvest. Hence, the promise of prosperity is given in the assurance of the rain in due season. This abundant rain therefore represents "the abundant life". As we saw earlier in our text the tsunami of blessings He has ordained for us will only overtake us IF we first strive to walk in obedience. Notice I did not say that we would walk in perfection because we are under grace not the law, but our desire should be to please Him. His desire is for us to live a prosperous life and walk in abundance. "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." 3 John 1:2 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." John 10:10 " "Brothas and Sistas, I don't mean to pry or to seem a tad bit too nosy but I have this burning question that I must ask you.......What stands Between You and "The Abundant Life?" Prayer Time Lord, you are so good and worthy to be praised. We can't imagine what our lives would be without you. Thank you, Lord for giving us the "Abundant Life". You desire that we walk in obedience so that we may obtain all that you have for us. Help us to desire what you desire for us more than anything. In Jesus name we pray. |
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