Eliminating Disobedience

Conquering the Flesh

Journey Into The Promised Land

Deuteronomy 30:1–20 (CSB)

RETURNING TO THE LORD

30 “When all these things happen to you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you come to your senses while you are in all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, ²and you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and all your soul by doing everything I am commanding you today, ³then he will restore your fortunes,^, have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you. ⁴Even if your exiles are at the farthest horizon, he will gather you and bring you back from there. ⁵The Lord your God will bring you into the land your ancestors possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply you more than he did your ancestors. ⁶The Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love him with all your heart and all your soul so that you will live. ⁷The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you. ⁸Then you will again obey him and follow all his commands I am commanding you today. ⁹The Lord your God will make you prosper abundantly in all the work of your hands, your offspring, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the Lord will again delight in your prosperity, as he delighted in that of your ancestors, ¹⁰when you obey the Lord your God by keeping his commands and statutes that are written in this book of the law and return to him with all your heart and all your soul.

CHOOSE LIFE

¹¹“This command that I give you today is certainly not too difficult or beyond your reach. ¹²It is not in heaven so that you have to ask, ‘Who will go up to heaven, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it?’ ¹³And it is not across the sea so that you have to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it?’ ¹⁴But the message is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may follow it. ¹⁵See, today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and adversity. ¹⁶For I am commanding you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and multiply, and the Lord your God may bless you in the land you are entering to possess. ¹⁷But if your heart turns away and you do not listen and you are led astray to bow in worship to other gods and serve them, ¹⁸I tell you today that you will certainly perish and will not prolong your days in the land you are entering to possess across the Jordan. ¹⁹I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, ²⁰love the Lord your God, obey him, and remain faithful to him. For he is your life, and he will prolong your days as you live in the land the Lord swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

God has made it possible for you to live in one-hundred percent victory over sin and walk in obedience to Him through the sacrificial offering of His own Son. Whenever you rebel and disobey God it is because you choose to do so. No one can make you disobey God. When you rebel and fail to walk in obedience to God’s Word, it is not because you do not have power over sin or no control over your actions. It is because you yield your will to disobey.

You are willfully rejecting God’s will and asserting your own will.
You are willfully rejecting His Word.
You are willfully opposing God and His authority.
You are willfully disregarding the blood of Jesus that has made it possible for you to have power over sin and walk in obedience to God.

In the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve had a choice to obey God’s command not to eat of the tree of knowledge or to disobey and forfeit their blessings. Satan had absolutely no power over them to make them disobey. They yielded their own wills and rebelled.

Israel, also, was given a choice, to obey God’s commandments or to disobey and forfeit the promises and incur the curses. Moses told them:

…I have set before you life and death, and blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him… (Deuteronomy 30:19-20, NIV)

The children of Israel yielded their wills, rebelled, and willfully turned their backs on God. As a result, they forfeited God’s promises and brought destruction upon themselves.

If there are any areas of disobedience in your life, get rid of them. Ask God to reveal to you even the smallest acts of disobedience. Remember — rebellion also involves a failure or refusal to act upon the Word of God. It is not enough for you to simply hear the Word, you must act upon it or you are in rebellion against God.

Rebellion is opposing or disobeying designated authority. When an individual rebels against God or His Word, he is asserting his will above the will of God. He is choosing to follow his own will instead of obeying God. Rebellion against God basically involves two different areas of disobedience: Whenever a Christian does something that is contrary to the Word of God and when he fails to act upon the Word of God and His promises. You must do both: Obey God’s commandments and apply to your life what He reveals through the Word.

Are you choosing to walk in single-minded obedience to God and reaping His blessings or are there areas where you have allowed disobedience to gain a stronghold in your life and you are following after your own will?

Make this declaration:

I will not reject God’s will. I will not reject His Word or oppose His authority to rule my life. I accept the sacrifice of the blood of Jesus Christ which enables me to have power over sin and walk in obedience to God.

*Adapted from MCWE email – Journey Into The Promised Land by Morris Cerullo

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