Do The Right Thing!

Scripture: Deuteronomy 28 Key Verse: 28:1 & 15
"Carefully obey the LORD your God, and faithfully follow all his commands that I'm giving you today. If you do, the LORD your God will place you high above all other nations in the world."

"Obey the LORD your God, and faithfully follow all his commands and laws that I am giving you today. If you don't, all these curses will come to you and stay close to you"

Objective:
Interesting once again we see the blessings and the curses for following or not following God. Just like before the curses far out number the blessings, and are way more descriptive. The Israelites are told in no uncertain terms what will happen if they chose to not follow the LORD.

Application:
I am a parent of a almost three-year-old daughter, so when i read this passage it looks very familiar. Understanding that I can't forced my daughter to do things, I hope she makes the right choices. To aid her in making these decisions I explain the consequences of her actions both good and bad. I let her know that if she makes the right choices she will be rewarded, but if she chooses to not do the right thing the consequences will be different. Not only will she face what ever outcome she has chosen to suffer, she may have to spend time in the naughty spot.

God is doing this with the Israelites. He is letting them know what choice is a good choice and explains to them the good and bad reasons. God says that is you do what is right then good will happen, if you do hat is wrong bad happens. He says this pretty explicitly through Moses. Moses spends 14 verses on the good and 53 on the bad.

We face decisions everyday that will have consequences. The consequences may not be so loudly declared, but we know they exist. What choices will we make? Will we choose to do the right thing?

Prayer:
Lord, I know you have tried to help me make the right decisions in the past, and I have failed to make them. I understand that the ultimate consequence of separation from You is why you came to Earth and died for my sins. You paid the price! Please remind me of the consequences when I face a choice to do good or bad. Help us Lord be the people you want us to be.