GOD WALKS AMONG HIS OBEDIENT PEOPLE

Passage: Leviticus 26:1-13

Key verse: 12

NIV

Reward for Obedience

26 “‘Do not make idols(A) or set up an image(B) or a sacred stone(C) for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone(D) in your land to bow down before it. I am the Lord your God.

2 “‘Observe my Sabbaths(E) and have reverence for my sanctuary.(F) I am the Lord.

3 “‘If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey(G) my commands, 4 I will send you rain(H) in its season,(I) and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.(J) 5 Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want(K) and live in safety in your land.(L)

6 “‘I will grant peace in the land,(M) and you will lie down(N) and no one will make you afraid.(O) I will remove wild beasts(P) from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country. 7 You will pursue your enemies,(Q) and they will fall by the sword before you. 8 Five(R) 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.(S)

9 “‘I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers,(T) and I will keep my covenant(U) with you. 10 You will still be eating last year’s harvest when you will have to move it out to make room for the new.(V) 11 I will put my dwelling place[a](W) among you, and I will not abhor you.(X) 12 I will walk(Y) among you and be your God,(Z) and you will be my people.(AA) 13 I am the Lord your God,(AB) who brought you out of Egypt(AC) so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke(AD) and enabled you to walk with heads held high.

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  1. Leviticus 26:11 Or my tabernacle
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Blessings for Obedience

26 “You shall not make (A)idols for yourselves or erect an (B)image or (C)pillar, and you shall not set up a (D)figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the Lord your God. 2 (E)You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

3 (F)“If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, 4 then (G)I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 (H)Your threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. And (I)you shall eat your bread to the full and (J)dwell in your land securely. 6 (K)I will give peace in the land, and (L)you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. And (M)I will remove harmful beasts from the land, (N)and the sword shall not go through your land. 7 You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 8 (O)Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand, and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 9 (P)I will turn to you and (Q)make you fruitful and multiply you and will confirm my covenant with you. 10 You shall eat (R)old store long kept, and you shall clear out the old to make way for the new. 11 (S)I will make my dwelling[a] among you, and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 (T)And I (U)will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people. 13 (V)I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. (W)And I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.

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  1. Leviticus 26:11 Hebrew tabernacle
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1. If you obey my commands (1-9a)

God does not want his people to worship anyone or anything other than himself. He wants us to obey his word. If we obey his commands and live according to his word, he will pour out blessings upon us. The land will produce so abundantly that we cannot even keep accurate records. God will protect us from all enemies, give us victory over them, and keep us in peace (6-9).

2. I will keep my covenant (9b-13)

God promises to keep his covenant with his obedient people. His best blessing is to put his dwelling place in their midst, to walk among them, and to be their God. God broke the yoke of Israel's slavery in Egypt; he breaks the yoke of our slavery to sin and enables us to walk with heads held high. Only those who belong to God can be really free.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for breaking the yoke of slavery to sin and giving me real freedom. Help me to walk with you and serve you each moment of today so that I may claim your victory.

One Word: Obey God; enjoy his blessing