Deuteronomy 28:4
4 “Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
Would
you want to buy a chair that Jesus made? I would, even if it cost
US$1,000 because it would be of superb quality. Whatever Jesus did, He
did it with perfect excellence.
And because Christ is in you, the
things which you produce will be of exceptional quality too. That
includes your children, who will be champions. Deuteronomy 28:4 says,
“Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and
the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the
offspring of your flocks”.
God was using terms that the
Israelites understood since they were farmers and shepherds. Today,
“your ground” is the place of your work. This means that “the produce”
of your work shall be of excellent quality.
That is not all. God promises that
quantity will always follow quality because Deuteronomy 28:11 says that
the Lord will “grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body,”
which means that you will have plenty of children, “in the increase of
your livestock, and in the produce of your ground,” which means that
your business will flourish and you will be a leading producer in the
area of your specialty.
My friend, your excellence and
plenty do not come by your efforts. They come by the grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who paid for your prosperity — “though He was rich, yet
for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become
rich”. (2 Corinthians 8:9)
Jesus was made destitute of all
material things at the cross. He had nothing! As He hung on the cross,
He watched the Roman soldiers gamble for His robe. His last possession
on earth was gambled away. He became poor, so that you could be blessed
with the excellent and the plenty!
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