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Today is Monday March 1, 2010 and we are reading through the Bible in a year. Today's message comes from the reading of the Book of Deuteronomy, chapters 1-2. If you would like to read the chapters along with us here online you can Click Here to read them or copy & paste this URL onto your browser: http://www.readytofollow.com/bible-march-1

Title: Bible Study: Trust God, Keep His Blessings
The Book of Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Old Testament/Bible and contains thirty-four chapters. The author of the book is Moses and it was first written for the Israelites. The purpose of the book was to restate the law to the new generation of Israelites that was given forty years ago on Mt. Sinai. What we learn from the book is that obedience to God always brings His blessings, but disobedience always brings judgment.

Whether you know God or not, every one should know that good things come out of being obedient, while bad things always come out of being disobedient. I do not care how long we think we can get away with something, sooner or later it will catch up to us and hit us like a ton of bricks. Then we become angry and bitter, wondering why we are going through the things we are going through. The difference between those who live in the world and those who know Christ is that Christians will know that this was caused all on our own for disobeying God, while the people of the world search for any reason, but God to figure it out and end up making things worse. For forty years the Israelites wandered in the wilderness, this was because of their disobedience to God and it was that disobedience that led them to forfeit their right to enter the promised land, when they first saw it. Now, Moses is preparing the new generation to enter the land promised to them by God and reminded them of their disobedience. “And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;........Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:” - Deuteronomy 1:3, 7-9. Moses is telling them if they want to go into the promised land that they are going to have to help. For the entire journey all the burden rested on me and I can not get you in there myself. I need you help. We all make the mistake of trying to do everything ourselves, I know that I am one of the biggest culprits of this, but there comes a time where we need to say, I just can not do all this on my own and I need some help. So much stress and frustration in the world can be eliminated if we just ask for help. There is a saying that comes to mind, many hands make light work. If we seek the help of others while we still have everything under control than we will save ourselves a lot of grief when things go haywire.

Oh, how different would the history of Israel and even our lives today could have been if the prior generation would have just trusted the Word of God instead of believing the report of the ten spies. Moses reminded them of what the last generation had forfeited by not listening to Him. “And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers. Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD. Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither. But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.” - Deuteronomy 1:34-38. Caleb and Joshua were the only two people from the past generation that was able to enter the promise land, even Moses forfeited his right for disobeying God. God is not a respecter of persons and treats all of us the same way. Many of us forfeit our rights to God's blessings because of our disobedience. However, praise God, He is a forgiving God and no matter how many mistakes we make He does bless us, all He wants is for us to trust Him. To trust God when we are faced with giants does not come naturally for anyone. It takes a lot of strength and will to be able to withstand the evil forces that keep us from being obedient to God. However, our determination combine with the Power of God can and will help us defeat those giants. “Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.” - Ephesians 5:17-21. It is important that we stay in the Word of God daily. Having a bad day? Look to the Psalms and pray one of the prayers. On edge? Sing a song to Jesus. Need some guidance? Read a Proverb (there is one for each day of the month). As long as we keep our eyes, ears, mouth, and heart on Jesus than we can face and defeat any giant that the devil tries to send to defeat us. Praise God!

Enjoy the rest of your day/night and week. God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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