Food for life

I was reminded of the promises and benefits as well as all the curses that would fall on the believer if he/she was obedient /disobedient in keeping the laws of God as given to Moses. (Deuteronomy 28) Some of the least of the promises include blessings for the fruit of our body (children), a surplus of prosperity and the defeat of our enemies in front of our very faces.

The curses I should have realized would be on an equally large scale. Even after death we would not be safe. From confusion and rebuke in every enterprise that we set our hands, consumption and boils, our dead bodies eaten by birds, to being oppressed and robbed continually. The land too would suffer considerably.

Trust me, a very sobering read.

Thankfully we know that Christ came to free us from this law by being a living sacrifice for us(Romans 8), for all the things we had, could and would do against God and each other. Freedom not to go do more of the same but freedom from the things we would and could do. Many times we forget that we are already free from that burden and try to pick it up again. Bad idea. The devil already knows God's word doesn't change and is only too happy to remind us of the curses while obscuring Christ's sacrifice.

The thing to remember is that the curses and promises will remain. They won't go away. But once we believe and move in accordance with Christ we have even more grace, power and healing than was ever detailed by the law. There is hope!