Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
Deuteronomy 28 (New King James Version)
Blessings on Obedience
“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
“Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.“Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.“Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
“The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
“The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
“The LORD will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways. Then all 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 grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
For years I have known that something was wrong with my Christian walk~ I lacked humility to know that all good things came from God, I thought I had control over my life, I felt justified in doing wrong things... I went ahead and did my own thing. I believed in Christ and the sacrafice made for me, I believed in God and all that has been written in His word. I just failed miserably at following anything that was written... I would tell people not to count me as a Christian because I knew I was not in alignment with what God wanted me to be in my life.
Today I still struggle with these things. But... I am better than I was. I am learning to submit myself to the Lord and to humble myself to do what God requires. I am learning to be obedient to God and follow the path He wants me on. Learning to live in love as He has instructed. While I am no where near the person that I know God is creating me to be, I know today, finally I am on the path to being pleasing to God and to recieve all the blessings that God wants to give.
Already I have been blessed beyond any thing I deserved~
Now I am off to do the next thing God is requiring of me... I'll be back later with more thoughts...