A Blessed Life

Deut.30:19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;
God sets before the Israelites blessing and cursing. And then gives them the answer. Choose life. Following after God brings life. Not only does it bring eternal life but also it brings real life, abundant life a blessed life. Just look at some of these familiar verses.

Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

Joshua 1:7-8 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

In 10 years of pastoring and in almost 25 years as a Christian. I have never seen anyone not be blessed who did what God’s Word says. It pays to obey God and do what His word declares. I know that bad things happen to good people, but the constant blessing of the Lord is upon the people who choose to walk after God and His Word.

John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

God wants to give us the abundant life. And it only comes from following after Him.