Deuteronomy – Chapter 7

He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock, in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you. Deuteronomy 7:13 – What wonderful promises the Lord is making to His people, and as you read on in the chapter you see it doesn’t just stop here. God promised to take all sickness away from the Israelites and promised to drive out before them all the nations that they were too fearful to come against. They were to be the most blessed people on the planet, if they simply obeyed His word. If they would follow His instructions and keep His law, then all these promises would be theirs. In our story with God, we too have an abundance of blessings available to us. There is joy available that endures the hardships and peace that surpasses our understanding. Even blessings like the ones we see in our verse, physical blessings to enjoy in the life, are available to us. Yet, like with the Israelites our Lord blesses those who obediently follow His word and will withhold such blessings from those who refuse to follow what He says. His desire is to bless for as we see in verse 13 God loves you, but such blessings will likely not come to the one who is putting no effort into seeking to live holy like God calls us to. If then you desire God’s peace, joy, wisdom, strength, and all the other good things He brings to the table, be willing to be obedient to the commands given in scripture. Show forgiveness, share the Gospel, love on another, etc. A theme of scripture is God blessing those who faithfully follow His word, discover that theme within your life. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3446

And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house and become devoted to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest and abhor it, for it is devoted to destruction. Deuteronomy 7:26 – Choose to detest what God has said to detest. For the people in our passage it was silver, gold, and the idols they were made into. For us it’s things like injustice, pride, selfishness, apathy, greed, hate, and all other sorts of sin. Choose to detest it like God does. Don’t let the very things that we are called to keep far away from us be the things that take our focus far off of God. In our passage God is promising the people of Israel blessing upon blessing if they listen to and follow Him in this. God promises blessing upon blessing to us as well when we follow what He says. Detest the things that hurt our walk with God and detest the ways the enemy is trying to bring those things into our brother’s and sister’s lives. Do whatever you can to keep these things from your story and from the stories of those around you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1302

Deuteronomy 7 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Deuteronomy 7:7-8 – What beautiful promises are being given to the people of Israel from the Lord. If they would follow the law of the Lord, their lives would be blessed beyond anything this world had seen before, or that this world could try to come against. Their families would be overflowing with life and health. Their fields and livestock would flourish. Every enemy would be defeated and taken care of. Yet why are they receiving from the Lord such outstanding promises? Is it because of an abundance of good deeds on their part? Is it because they earned such blessings by a faithful commitment to God for years priors? No, it’s because God has simply chosen to love them. He chose them generations ago, made promises to their fathers, and being a faithful God He is keeping to His word. Not because of any thing they have said or done is earning such blessing, God has simply chosen to love them. Know God has simply chosen to love you. All your past deeds and sins are not a factor if whether or not God’s love is going to be shown to you. It has already been shown to you, is being shown to you, and will never stop being shown to you. Our God has simply chosen to bless, love, and take care of us. What an awesome God that we serve! Our story has all the promises of God being offered to us simply because our God is faithful to His word. Choose this day then to follow the God that has chosen to love you long before you knew you needed to choose Him. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2432