9 ‘“I will look on you with Favour and make you fruitful and increase your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with you. Leviticus 26
The first part of Leviticus 26 gives a beautiful picture of God’s Favour to His people, Israel. There’s one condition – Obedience.
26 ‘“Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the Lord your God.
The enemy seeks to cover the land with his stones and obelisks.
2 ‘“Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the Lord.
God needs to be honoured in the land where we live.
3 ‘“If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, 4 I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit. 5 Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and YOU WILL EAT ALL YOU WANT AND LIVE IN SAFETY IN YOUR LAND.
God promised abundance to His people and we have a better Covenant through our Lord.
6 ‘“I WILL GRANT PEACE IN THE LAND, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove wild beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country. 7 You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you. 8 Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
God’s promise of Peace for HIS PEOPLE IN THEIR LAND.
You can read the remaining verses in the opening of the chapter, great Promises of God wanting to bless His people.
18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.
19 If you are Willing and Obedient,
you will eat the good (or best) things of the land. Isaiah 1
‘Willing’ means to accept or agree to without objection. ‘Obedience’ carries the meaning ‘to hear intelligently’.
At one time the late Kenneth Hagin was struggling for income from their ministry and he was talking to the Lord about it. He’d told the Lord he was being obedient and serving Him as best he knew how. The Lord quoted this scripture to him and told Him that he WASN’T WILLING FOR THE LORD TO BLESS HIM. He changed his attitude immediately and blessings soon came. I’ve had a similar situation recently in Father’s Love Ministry, but thankfully things have opened up again.
God bless and keep you and show you much Favour today.