Today's Passage: Deuteronomy 28
After reading this I don't know why anyone ever disobeyed the commands Moses made here in Deuteronomy. The picture that is painted about the curses is frightening. Sickness, famine, loss of all possessions, hard work with no reward and being taken over by even the weakest of your enemies. Who would willfully step into that?
I found myself, while reading this chapter, thinking about how easy we have it with the new covenant. How we no longer suffer these curses for ignoring God, then I read verses 66-67.
"You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life. In the morning you will say, "If only it were evening!" and in the evening, "If only it were morning!"-because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see."
That was the light bulb moment, I realized that I know people that feel this way. Hopeless, lost, scared, they have no idea where to turn so they put their faith in the trivial things of this world. That's when it hit me that under the new covenant we face very similar "blessings" and "curses." If we choose to be obedient to God then we are blessed by His presence in our life, but if we choose to be disobedient then we face the curse of going through life without Him.
If we are all honest today, the world is a scary place. Don't push away the one person big enough to protect you from unnecessary harm, Jesus.
Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. - 1 John 3:24
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