God is interested in a relationship where there’s a deep trust in Him. The kind that makes a person act on His word. Knowing and acting on God’s Word show a genuine trust in Him. Such obedience will result in a wholehearted love for him and a life of dedication in faithful service to Him. It is one thing to hear and know God’s instructions and do nothing, and quite another to listen and act on them.
Loving God must always be translated into action. This will always result in blessings. This is the promise of God in Deuteronomy 11:13-17. He promised to send rain on the children of Israel as well as their animals when they obeyed Him. The rain would come in abundance in due season to enable the cultivation of their crops to sustain them in the promised land.
Here in these verses is also a warning. In verse 16, God warned them about pivoting to trust in the false gods of the land in the time of their abundance. If they should “…turn aside and serve other gods and worship them”, then the anger of the Lord would be kindled. They would experience barrenness. There would be no rain for them. The land would not yield any fruit and they would perish in the promised land.
What can we take away? There is a connection between obedience and blessing. When we obey God, we set the ground for blessing. However, we must not obey just because we want His blessing. We must obey God because we genuinely love Him and want to serve Him. God’s blessing will follow when we live obediently to His instructions. To obey Him because of the blessing will be placing our focus wrongly. God must be the object of our love and not the blessing. Don’t put the cart before the horse. Love God and His blessing will follow!
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