CAC LIVING WATERS DEVOTIONAL - A NEW BEGINNING

LIVING WATERS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

A NEW BEGINNING

1^ST JANUARY, 2022

EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Genesis 1-3

READ: Deuteronomy 28:1-14
[1]And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
[2]And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
[3]Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
[4]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.

[5]Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
[6]Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
[7]The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
[8]The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
[9]The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
[10]And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
[11]And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
[12]The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

[13]And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
[14]And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

MEMORISE: If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures (Job 36:11).

EXPOSITION

Each day, week, month or year, marks a new beginning as today marks, the New Year Day. Each of them has the dawn and dusk. This start a thing can tell on how successful the end will be. When a new day breaks, the major factor that must be considered as a Christian is God. When you begin anything with God, you will have great success at the end. There are two key factors that matter, if you must get God involved in the journey of your life on a day-to-day basis. These factors are non negotiable, easy, and fruitful. They are Obedience and Service.

Obedience: If they obey (Job 36:11). The if, here, carries the idea of condition. He who obeys gets the reward. Doing otherwise is counterproductive. Obedience is the key. It simply poses the act of hearing. or accepting carefully a direction or an instruction from a higher authority. To obey God is to trust, to have confidence, to submit, to follow God through, either a direct order, or an indirect order from Him. As children of God, we need to seek God's consent in all we do. His direction must be our desire, even when they seem inconvenient, or uncomfortable.

No obedient act will go without a reward before God. This, we can see in Abraham's relationship with God. "And through your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice" Gen 22: 18. Abraham brought blessings and an everlasting covenant upon Himself and his descendants, just through the act of obedience to God. What have you brought to your family? Blessing through obedience, or curse through disobedience?
For every child of God, obedience is a command (Jn. 14:15). To capture its indispensability, Jesus both preached and practised obedience. Of course, He learned obedience by the things which He suffered (Heb. 5:8). Do you want to start and end well? Obedience must be your watchword. Obedience brings blessings, promotion, breakthrough and every other good and perfect gift from above to the obedient. Yours is next, as you obey, from now on.

PRAYER POINT:
1. Lord, give me the Spirit of obedience unto you and let it control me all days of my life.
2. O Lord, let our youths know you and obey you in all areas of their lives.
3. Father, restore obedient spirit to Your Church.

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

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