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Blessin’s & Cursin’s (Part 1 of 4)
“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. Deuteronomy 28:1-14 NKJV
I have heard many, many sermons and teachings on the blessings and curses that God commanded Moses to announce to the Children of Israel in Deuteronomy 28, and I’m sure you have heard the same. All of the sermons and teaching on this chapter make clear, as intended, that the key to being blessed or cursed is our obedience or disobedience to God’s commandments, but what I’ve noticed is that most (i.e., 90-99%) of the time the focus is on the curses listed in Deuteronomy 28:15-68, instead of the blessings in verses 1-14. Personally speaking, I’d rather focus on the blessings and how to activate them. And since I know that God would rather bless us than curse us, I believe He would agree.
That’s what we’ll look at in "Blessin's & Cursin's, Part 2" – for now, focus on the blessings in Deuteronomy 28:1-14. You should read over the curses in verses 15-68, but if you have a heart to know God (and I believe that you do, or you wouldn’t be reading this), then the blessings need to be your focus and your meditation.
See you back here for Part 2. Until then, be blessed!
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