Meditation
HE WILL LOVE YOU AND BLESS YOU
Text: Deuteronomy 7
12 July 2020
THE PROMISE OF BLESSINGS
Many desire and pray for the blessings of God. Some think that blessings are obtained by much praying. How God would bless is actually quite clearly stated in the Scriptures.
9 “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
10 and He repays those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him; He will repay him to his face.
11 Therefore you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which I command you today, to observe them.
12 “Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers.
13 And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you.
14 You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be a male or female barren among you or among your livestock. Deuteronomy 7:9-14
- Know who the LORD is Deuteronomy 7:9
a) He is a faithful God
b) He will honour and keep His covenant promises
c) He will show mercy to those who love Him and keep His commandments
- The challenge is to do our part
a) To love the Lord
b) To keep His commandments
- A word of warning is given to:
a) Those who hate Him
b) He will deal with them
BLESSINGS REFLECT THE RESPONSE OF GOD
Blessings are often a reflection of God’s response to His people.
- If we keep His Covenant faithfully
- He will do the following things:
a) He will give us His love
b) He will bless those who love Him
c) He will bless their works
d) He will bless their offspring
e) The blessings of God would be unmatched
LET US LEARN HOW TO LOVE THE LORD BETTER
Let us desire not blessings, but the Lord Himself. Let us learn how we may love God better. When we learn how to relate to God better, we would then see His hand of blessing even more clearly and evidently!