14/06/2023 - THE SAME JOY

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The LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the LORD will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers. Deuteronomy 30.9

The Most High affirms that if one accepts Jesus as Savior and keeps His commandments, His joy will be the same as when Abraham and the other patriarchs decided to be doers of the Word. God is prepared to give those who surrender to Him a prosperous life such as never seen before. We can say that the Lord wants to bless us just as He did Solomon, to whom He gave special wisdom.

In the verse under study, the Lord is clear in saying that to the faithful He will repay with abundance in every work of His hands (see also Matthew 16.27; Romans 2.6). The unfaithful, on the other hand, will taste scarcity, because they prefer to walk in the group of traitors. Jesus promised us abundant life; therefore, we cannot live in poverty: The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly (John 10.10). The underlined part is mine to call your attention to the promise.

The servant of God must believe that he will have abundance in his abilities – in the works of his hands. If he lacks a gift, he can ask the Lord, who will give it to him liberally, without reproach (James 1:5). But you must ask in faith, without doubting (verse 6). There can be no limits for those who are faithful to God, as there were for Abraham’s 318 servants (Genesis 14.14). They were not soldiers well trained for war, but the Most High used them during an emergency!

If the Father is ahead of you, never run away from the battles that come, whether in court, if you are a lawyer; whether in the ICU, if you are a doctor, or in other areas of life. God’s promise is to bless every work of His hands. God delights to see His children fighting with heavenly weapons. Having the Man of War fighting on your behalf, your success is guaranteed. Believe!

The Almighty will give you plenty, not scarcity. Then, check if you have been walking the right path; if there is no sin in your life. Then, glorify the Lord for the victory you have achieved. Thus said Jesus: “And whatever you ask [command, claim or take possession of] in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son (John 14.13). This is the password for putting divine power into action!

Abundance will also be seen in your children, in your animals, and in the harvest of your land. Observe: God will do this for your good, never for you to suffer any loss. Whoever is helped by the Lord is never in trouble, because he can ask for His favor. However, the one who despises Him practices the things condemned by the Scriptures. Such a person will certainly experience the afflictions caused by the devil’s hatred.

What a beautiful ending the verse we are studying has! In it, we read that the Most High will again rejoice in you for good. He has already rejoiced over your conversion to the Gospel – the same fulfillment He had with the patriarchs – and He made a feast in Heaven over it (Luke 15.7,10)!

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares