May 15, 2013: Catching Up.../ It's Not Rocket Science!

2 Chronicles 7:11-22

Amplified Bible (AMP)

11 Thus Solomon finished the Lord’s house and the king’s house; all that [he] had planned to do in the Lord’s house and his own house he accomplished successfully.

12 And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night and said to him: I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

13 If I shut up heaven so no rain falls, or if I command locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people,

14 If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer offered in this place.

16 For I have chosen and sanctified (set apart for holy use) this house, that My Name may be here forever, and My eyes and My heart will be here perpetually.

17 As for you [Solomon], if you will walk before me as David your father walked, and do all I have commanded you, and observe My statutes and My ordinances,

18 Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man to be ruler in Israel.

19 But if you [people] turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you and go and serve other gods and worship them,

20 Then will I pluck [Israel] up by the roots out of My land which I have given [them]; and this house which I have hallowed for My Name will I cast out of My sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

21 And this house, which was so high, shall be an astonishment to everyone passing it, and they will say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?

22 Then men will say, Because they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, Who brought them out of Egypt, and they laid hold of other gods and worshiped and served them; therefore has He brought all this evil upon them.

God has promised to bless us if we walk with Him and obey Him! Sometimes it's hard to do the right thing! But if we simply make the choice He would have us to make instead of following our own desires, He pormises to bless and bless and bless and bless us! 

"May he give you the desire of your heart

and make all your plans succeed."

Psalms 20:4  NIV 

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.”

Jeremiah 17:7-8 | NIV

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Jeremiah 29:11 | NIV 

"Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,"

Exodus 23:25 | NIV 

"Taste and see that the Lord is good;

blessed is the one who takes refuge in him."

Psalms 34:8 | NIV 

"For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess."

Deuteronomy 30:16 | NIV

"Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing."

1 Peter 3:9 | NIV 

“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.”

Malachi 3:10 | NIV 

"Blessed is the one

who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers."

Psalms 1:1 | NIV 

"Blessed are those who keep his statutes
and seek him with all their heart."

Psalms 119:2 | NIV 

"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters."

Psalms 23:1-2 | NIV 

"Do not be wise in your own eyes;

fear the Lord and shun evil.
This will bring health to your body
and nourishment to your bones."

Proverbs 3:7-8 NIV

"If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth."

Deuteronomy 28:1 | NIV

However, He never promised that nothing difficult would come our way. (As we learned yesterday.) But when life happens, all we have to do is fall on the altar, repent, present our need to Him, and He WILL HEAR and answer. He promises!!!

Sometimes we stray. We are human. When we do, simply turn around, go back to the altar, and repent. He will lead us back on track! WaLking with Jesus is not rocket science. He makes it simple to understand.

"Jesus, I am blessed! You chase me with blessings every second of every day. When I fall, You lift me up and set me back on course. When I stray, You woo me back into Your arms. As long as I continually clean out my heart, You give me peace and joy. I am grateful, Jesus! Why would I even consider rejecting You? Following You is the best decision I ever made! AMEN!"