Living in the Flow of God's Blessing

 

 

'...Take over the land...flowing with milk and honey.' Deuteronomy 11:89 NIV

How many times have you thought it must get easier at some point? When they were slaves in Egypt, the Israelites had to pump water from the Nile River to irrigate their crops and put food on their table. Can you imagine slaving every day on an old foot pump just to get by? I know what your thinking, nothing much has changed. One of the first things I had to learn as a believer was to allow my thought process to change. When the Isrealites began to trust God again things changed for the better. God told them, '...Go in and take over the land...flowing with milk and honey...not like the land of Egypt...where you planted your seed and irrigated it by foot...' (Deuteronomy 11:8-10 NIV)
There's a lesson here if you are willing to listen. You can reach a place in your walk with God where you get 'off the pump and into the flow'; where you stop 'sweating it', because God's goodness flows into every area of your life. But this promise is conditional-it's for those who obey God: 'Observe therefore all the commands I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land...' (Deuteronomy 11:8 NIV) Obedience is like having the right access code. It enables you to make withdrawals on God's blessing because you are walking in His will. We all want to live in the flow of God's blessing, right? Yet too few of us do. Who are these 'blessed' people? (1) Those who act on God's instructions. (2) Those who confront the giants of fear in their life. (3) Those that refuse to be swayed by the 'wilderness mentality' of others. (4) Those with the faith to say, 'The Lord...will lead us into that land...and will give it to us...do not be afraid...' (Numbers 14:8-9 NIV) And you can be one of those people. You are loved!