Deuteronomy 7:9 ” Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations”
DAILY READING – –Ephesians 4:1-16; Ezekiel 10-11; Isaiah 42
Modern Israel started off at what was probably the worst starting point in any nation’s economic history. It had to build an economy while spending millions of dollars on defense. After it’s declaration of independence in 1948, Israel became engaged in wars where it was vastly outnumbered and outgunned. At the same time, Israel lacked any significant source of revenue; it lacked oil, gas, gold, iron, coal, timber and even water, and was unable to trade with its hostile neighboring countries. When this fledgling economy was burdened by the costs of the 1973 and 1982 wars, the result was an inflation that by 1985 reached 415%, while national debt soared to 270% of the national product. At that point Israel’s economy was pitiable, and its currency was ridiculed as paper money. Foreign currency reserves dwindled so fast that Israel was almost at a point where it could barely buy a single oil barrel from overseas.
However, the Jews, aware of God’s covenant with their fathers, held on to His promises to prosper them. Though the economy looked bad, the people of Israel relied on God’s faithfulness. And holding on to His promises, they began to do what they humanly could to improve their economy. And a few years later, Israel’s economy has drastically turned around to become an international success story. Israel’s economic growth has been the fastest in the developed world this past century. Today, the shekel is very strong. The country that in 1985 was on the brink of spending its last dollar now has a trade surplus. What could have caused this spectacular transformation? In 1985, led by Shimon Peres, the government executed a secretly planned package of drastic measures that added up to shock therapy. A second round of reforms came when they cut taxes, slashed social spending, raised the retirement age, privatized the pension industry as well as oil refineries, banks, ports, the airline, and almost anything else that could be sold. Israel thus completed a dramatic transition from socialism to capitalism. And today their 1985 emergency plan has become a textbook economic reform now studied in universities worldwide. Israel was at the verge of economic collapse, but through reliance on God’s covenant and promise, the situation was turned around and rather than sink, the nation has continued to soar.
Deuteronomy 7:9, says ” Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations”
Israel’s continual existence today as a nation, reflects God’s faithfulness to keep covenant. Despite their shortcomings, God still honors His promises to their fathers. And if God still honors His old covenant with Israel, He will certainly honor His new covenant with us through Christ. Ours is a covenant based on better promises. And one thing we must know is that in a covenant, we have a part to play. And if you want God to fulfill His part you must fulfill yours.
For instance Exodus 23:25–26 says: ‘And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfill.’
Our part in this covenant is “You shall serve the Lord your God.” Therefore when we fulfill the covenant obligation to serve God, we can expect His promised blessings to come upon us.
Luke 2:37 said Anna the prophetess was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.’
Therefore, part of our serving God is to spend time in praying and fasting. What that means is that as we fulfill the condition of fasting and praying, we can expect the blessings of Exodus 23:25 to come upon us.
In Jeremiah 29:11-13 God promises that when we seek Him with all our heart, He will be found of us and He will turn away our captivity. Therefore as you seek God in this season, expect Him to honor His covenant and turn every captivity in your life. He has not called the sons of Jacob to seek Him in vain. There is a reward for them that diligently seek Him.
When you are in covenant with God, you will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth fruit in its season. When you serve God sincerely favor will come upon your life that will cause you to prosper even in a desert. [Psalm 5;12].
Therefore in this season, as we fulfill the covenant obligation to seek God with all our heart, let us have the expectation for the manifestation of His promises to us. indeed what His mouth has promised, His hand is able to perform in our lives.
PRAYER: Lord, please help me to fulfill the conditions set forth in Your Word for me, so that I can receive the blessings You have promised. I thank You Lord, for speedy manifestations of Your promises in my life in Jesus Name.
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For you to enjoy victory in the Kingdom of God, you need to develop a Kingdom mindset, that thinks in line with the Word of God. WORBITE 222