Conditional Provision

If you carefully obey all the commands I am giving you today, and if you love the Lord your God and serve him with all your heart and soul, then he will send the rains in their proper seasons—the early and late rains—so you can bring in your harvests of grain, new wine, and olive oil. He will give you lush pastureland for your livestock, and you yourselves will have all you want to eat.

Deuteronomy 11:13-15 NLT

Even though we're not all farmers or ranchers, we understand the promise of provision made by God in our text for today. It's a vision, isn't it? Can you see yourself with every need met? What are you willing to do for it? More importantly - What are you willing to STOP doing for it? Yes, it IS a promise, but it is conditional. 

Verses 16 and 17, “But be careful. Don’t let your heart be deceived so that you turn away from the Lord and serve and worship other gods. If you do, the Lord’s anger will burn against you. He will shut up the sky and hold back the rain, and the ground will fail to produce its harvests. Then you will quickly die in that good land the Lord is giving you."

Yes, God LOVES us unconditionally, but a covenant relationship requires commitment and action on both sides, and I'm not talking about the casual commitment of today's society. Covenant is not to be entered into lightly. God wants all of us - every bit of us. And in return, He will give us every bit of Himself. What a promise of provision THAT is!

Prayer:

Father,

          We give it all to You, holding nothing back, because You held nothing back from us at Calvary. Help us to walk worthy of Your covenant and commitment. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen