“Blessed Above All
Nations”
"Now it
shall be, if you diligently obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His
commandments which I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high
above all the nations of the earth." (v.1)
This was
the purpose of God for His people but, the fulfillment was conditional upon
their obedience. They were to act above all the nations of the earth; "If
thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to
do all His commandments." Having made this general declaration, Moses
proceeded to describe the blessings that would follow obedience (v.3-14) and
then the evils that would overtake them, if the law of God should be
disregarded. (v.15-66)
Newton's
third law of motion states: ”For every action there is an equal and opposite
reaction.” According to Newton's law, every action has the potential to set
something in motion. This is also true in the spiritual realm-but the
consequences of obedience or disobedience are not always equal to the actions
that set them in motion. The blessings we receive from obedience are often
greater than our small efforts to please God. Likewise, the consequences of
disobedience reach beyond us to affect those around us, and even have the
potential to affect generations to come.
This
nation, established by God-fearing people, who sought freedom from religious
persecution, who’s forefathers sought divine guidance in writing the
constitution and had as its moral compass the Bible, has become overrun with
corruption on every level. Today God’s Word is so far from our guiding light as
a nation, that I fear the US is headed for an eventual national fall, the likes
of the Amalekites.
We too were
once a blessed nation above all nations but now we are spiraling downward on so
many levels; political, economic, social and even compromising within the
church. How do we stop it? The answer lies in todays’ scripture, “If you fully
obey the Lord your God . . . [he] will set you high above all the nations on
earth.” If not, we are headed for destruction.
The Truth
“Blessed is the nation whose God is
the Lord..” (Psalm 33:12)
