GOD WANTS TO GIVE YOU A BEAUTIFUL LIFE

"Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the
fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store"
(Deuteronomy 28:3-5).

God loves to bless His people. I'm sure you love reading Deuteronomy chapter
28, the blessing chapter-such wonderful blessings and promises of provision
God gives to those who diligently listen to His voice and obey His
commandments. Read them over again from verses 1-14.

Did you notice the first blessing God gives? After promising us that He will
bless us wherever He has chosen us to live, whether in the city or the
country, the first blessing He states is the blessing of the fruit of the
womb. Isn't it amazing that most of God's people don't want this blessing
and yet it is the first blessing God gives. I wonder why there is such a
discrepancy between what we want and what God wants?

Let's go back to the beginning. The very first words God spoke to mankind
were: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth." But before He says
those words the Bible says: "And God blessed them, and God said unto them .
. . "

Here are some more interesting Scriptures: Genesis 32: 9: "I will deal well
with thee." The Hebrew word for "deal well" is yatav and means "to do good,
beautiful, pleasant, lovely, blessed, be glad, joyful."

God continues talking to Jacob and in verse 12 says: "I will surely do thee
good (it's the same word, yatav)." And how does God do us good and give us a
beautiful life? Let's find out. The verse continues: "And make thy seed
(children, descendants, progeny) as the sand of the sea, which cannot be
numbered for multitude." This is how He wants to give us a beautiful and
blessed life.

Deuteronomy 6:3: "Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it
may be well (yatav) with thee, and that ye may increase mightily."

Deuteronomy 30:5, 9: "And the LORD thy God . . . will do thee good (yatav),
and multiply thee above thy fathers . . . And the LORD thy God will make
thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy womb . . .
for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy
fathers."

Are you getting the picture? When God rejoices over us and wants to do us
good, He blesses us with children! Now here comes the question. Is this the
God you believe in? The God of the Bible? Or do you believe in a different
god, one you have made to fit your circumstances.

We also get this message in a negative way when God speaks the curses over
those who will not heed His commandments. Deuteronomy 28:63 says: "And it
shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good
(yatav), and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy
you . . ."

Let's be Bible believers rather than humanistic adherers.

Blessings from Nancy Campbell
www.aboverubies.org

PRAYER:
"Dear Father God, I am so sorry that I have not understood Your great plans
for us, even though they were written in Your infallible Word so long ago.
Please help me to get in line with Your truth rather than listening to the
deceptions of this humanistic society in which I live. I want to be Your
true follower and obedient to Your Word. Amen."

AFFIRMATION:
I am yielding my life to the blessed and beautiful God has for me.

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