Dueteronomy 28:2,7 ESV
“…If you obey the voice of the Lord your God… “The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven.”

Obedience to God comes with rewards. Before this passage God promised blessing for our home our family, even our unborn children, our jobs, our travel, all that we do and all that we put our hands to. He promised love, peace, joy and a long life.

Then he promised us protection: He will defeat our enemies, when they come in on one side they will flee in all directions. Now our real enemies are not people but Satan and demonic forces.

They are responsible for driving people to be evil, contemptuous, slanders and seekers of ill gotten gain. Most of this world is driven by forces of evil because they do not believe in God, much less obey Him. To get the premium protection plan, we have to have complete obedience to God and His Word.

Sometimes we like to color outside the lines, do our own thing, but if we look at the history of the Jewish people, we will see thousands of years of pain for disobeying and just segments of prosperous, joyful, good years when they chose to obey God. The choice is simple, disobey and choose our own way or trust and obey, there really is no other way to be happy.

Prayer:
Father, if I fail to look at history and see what disobedience brought Your people, then I’m destined to repeat that history. I choose to obey!