And the Lord will bring you back in ships to Egypt, a journey that I promised that you should never make again; and there you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer. Deuteronomy 28:68 – Depending on which part of the chapter you read you will come away with a very different future promised to Israel. In the first part we see the blessings that could come upon Israel if they obeyed the words of the Lord, and the blessings were beyond anything they could have dreamt of. Yet the second part of the chapter were the curses that would come upon the nation if they rejected obeying the words of the Lord, and this part far exceeds in length the blessings portion. In every way they could feel the consequence they would. They would be scattered, oppressed, diseased, and killed off. They would starve to the point of eating their own children. And all the curses come to this last verse in the chapter, verse 68. Where the people would return back to Egypt, the place God rescued them from abusive slavery, for they hoped they could be enslaved there once again to improve their life…yet not even there would anyone want them. Stripped of everything and destroyed in every way, and now not even wanted. This was the future of Israel is they refused to follow God’s word. Know though this was not God’s desire. He longed to open the treasury of Heaven on His people and bless them, they simply had to follow His ways. While such blessing and curses are not made over us today, we must understand that blessings and the lack of such blessings still come to us depending on our faithfulness to the Lord. God’s peace, provision, and purposes for us are available to every follower, but we can miss all of it by a wayward lifestyle. If you want what God wants to give you, then faithfully follow His word. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3466
Question To Ponder: Why would God set it up where blessings come after obedience?
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