Daily Devotional

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Monday, May 19
Deuteronomy 7:7-16

LOVE AND COMMANDMENT KEEPING
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God ... keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations.... Deuteronomy 7:9, NIV

Whatever God asks us to do is for our own good and for His own glory. However, if we refuse to obey Him, He will still be glorified through other means though we will not be blessed. Just as God loved the Israelites, He has chosen us out of His love. His faithfulness never comes to an end. They are always new.

Knowing this, what manner of man or woman should you be?
Simply, God expects you to reciprocate this by loving Him and keeping His commands. God's love should gear you to do His will. He who does not love God cannot keep His commandment.

In "Experiencing God", Henry Blackaby rightly stated that if you have a problem obeying God, you actually have a love problem. The question then is, do you love God? (John 14:15, 21:24). Keeping God's commands without love for Him attracts no blessing.

But carefully obeying His Words because you love Him brings numerous blessings your way. As from today, love God and keep His Words and your blessings will be sure.

• Birthday Blessing: "Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, ...." - Psalm 2:8

Read Bible Through Passage: 1 Kings 7; John 4: 14-39

By obeying God's commands, you will gain more than you can give. – Thomas Brooks