God loves to bless
you. He has even declared that “blessings shall come upon you and overtake
you.” This means that you can’t run fast enough to escape them! When you turn
one corner, there is a blessing waiting for you. When you turn another corner,
you run smack into another blessing!
Now, you may think
that you don’t qualify for God’s blessings because of the preceding verse which
says that these blessings will come to pass only if you diligently obey God’s
voice and keep all of His commandments. You know that no
matter how hard you try, you just cannot keep all of God’s commandments. In
fact, the Bible says that if you fail to keep just one commandment, you fail to
keep all (see James 2:10).
My friend, I have good
news for you: Jesus is the one who qualifies us for every single blessing
because He has kept all of God’s commandments. When He died
for us on the cross, He not only fulfilled all of God’s commandments, He also
redeemed us from the curse of the law (see Galatians 3:13). Note that He did
not redeem us from the blessings of the law, so the blessings are still ours
today!
As you read the list
of blessings in Deuteronomy 28, starting with “Blessed shall you be in the
city…in the country…the fruit of your body…your basket…when you come in…when
you go out…” (Deuteronomy 28:3–13), I believe that Jesus is saying to you,
“Like the blessings? Then take them by faith!”
You may say, “But I
don’t deserve them.” Yes, you don’t deserve them, but you still get them
because of Jesus. That is God’s grace! The law says, “You must deserve the
blessings.” But the law is no longer here. Grace is here. So take the blessings
by grace through faith. Believe God for the blessings.
Today, it is no longer a question of how much or how well you have kept God’s commandments. It is a question of how much you can believe God for His blessings. All the promises of God in Christ are “Yes,” and because you are in Christ, you can say “Amen!” to His blessings (see 2 Corinthians 1:20)! (Article & Picture; courtesy of Joseph Prince Ministries used with kind permission).
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