DON'T BE THE REBELLIOUS

-

Deuteronomy 32:6,15,20

Is this the way you repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? 

Isn’t he your Father who created you? 

Has he not made you and established you?

“But Israel soon became fat and unruly; the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed! 

Then they abandoned the God who had made them; they made light of the Rock of their salvation.

He said, ‘I will abandon them; then see what becomes of them. 

For they are a twisted generation, children without integrity.


The children of Israel were the spotlight, why?


Deuteronomy 32:8-11

When the Most High assigned lands to the nations, when he divided up the human race, 

he established the boundaries of the peoples according to the number in his heavenly court.

“For the people of Israel belong to the Lord; Jacob is his special possession.

He found them in a desert land, in an empty, howling wasteland. 

He surrounded them and watched over them; he guarded them as he would guard his own eyes.

Like an eagle that rouses her chicks and hovers over her young, 

so he spread his wings to take them up and carried them safely on his pinions.


This was Moses singing the song he received concerning the children of Israel, they were chosen specially of the Lord, however, they were prone to rebellion so:


Deuteronomy 31:20-22

For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous, eat all the food they want, and become fat. But they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant.

And when great disasters come down on them, this song will stand as evidence against them, for it will never be forgotten by their descendants. I know the intentions of these people, even now before they have entered the land I swore to give them.”

So that very day Moses wrote down the words of the song and taught it to the Israelites.


Yes the rebellion of Israel was predicted before they did, they also showed the signs as they journeyed to the promised land, it was so bad that the entire adult generation did not get to the promised land except two of them.


It is obvious that nothing good comes out of rebellion against God. What exactly is the alternative?


What really does the world have to offer, if after all it's perishable gifts, the soul is lost?


This is the question we need to ask ourselves as believers.


There are three major enemies of man:


The world, the flesh and the devil.

When we say the devil, we include all principalities and powers.


Jesus said:


John 8:44

For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.


John 10:10a

The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. 


When anyone rebels against God they run into the hands of the enemies of man, and they only thing the enemy can offer is what they have, destruction!


The errors of the children of Israel should be the caution and lesson for every believer. We must not make the same mistake.


We must remain faithful, no matter what the enemy, the flesh and the world throws at us.


The trick is not different from the one used at the beginning, just as Jesus said, when the enemy lies they lie in consistency with their character. Don't fall for it, stay faithful to the Lord, to the smallest thing. 


The Lord will always be faithful to us.


We win.


PRAYER

Glory to Your name Heavenly Lord, for I will not fall to the plans of my enemies, I remain faithful, I cannot rebel against You Lord. You know and have what is best for me both for my today and into eternity, help me Dear Lord, keep me faithful and true. I am a winner. Glory to Your name Lord forevermore.


He calls us blessed.


Love

@the watcher.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

DO YOU STILL SEE?

-
Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, it will not tarry. It may have been easy when we first believed, to visualize the promises. We reach out with zeal, loving God, seeking to do exploits. That was when we first believed, just as Jesus said: John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." When we become born again we see God's kingdom, our spirit man is reborn and we count the flesh as nothing. Then time passes by, we are in the world, all its distractions, temptations, responsibilities, challenges and so on begin to reveal themselves. The question then is: * Can we still see heaven? John 3:3 * Are we still zealous? John 2:17 * Are we continuing in those things? Acts 2:42 * Are we walking in love? 1John 4:7 or Has the cares and worries of life and service ta
Read more

DO UNTO OTHERS . . .

-
Matthew 7:12 "Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. It is hypocritical of us to expect people to stand with us when we are experiencing challenges yet when we see others face their own challenges, we begin to imagine what they must have done wrong or maybe they annoyed God or did one evil or the other instead of reaching out to help as we would desire others to do for us. The same thing goes for prosperity, when the Lord opens a door for us and we have abundance of wealth or a breakthrough we expect others to rejoice with us, more so, some would even find it hard to give to others. What is our reaction when someone else gets this breakthrough, do we get suddenly suspicious without reason. Do we expect the person to reach out to us? It is better to stay on the side of encouragement than to sit as a judge or prosecutor. Jesus said, Matthew 7:2 "For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the same
Read more

MY YEAR OF FULFILMENT

-
Psalms 57:2 I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for me. We just finished the book of 1Samuel, in this book we see the cry of Israel for a king and how God raised Saul to rule them. We also saw how Saul disobeyed God and lost kingship for himself and his generation. He did not stop there, he went on to seek for the death of David, whom he saw as the next heir of the throne. In chapter 31, the last chapter, we see how Saul and all his sons and men were killed, it was tragic, however it was as a sign of relief for David. We could go on counting all the struggles and difficulties we faced in the past year. No, we should not, we should begin to look at all the positives, remembering all the good things God has done for us. If He promised it, He will do it and that is what we hold onto as we go through this year. Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. This is the year of fulfilment, and
Read more