One of the blessings of our faithful Heavenly Father is that of divine protection. God promises to protect those who faithfully follow Him and live out their lives with integrity. Your confidence in God and love for God is never in vain. Even though people criticize your faith and integrity, God values your faithfulness. Today, God reminds you that He has seen your love for Him, and your valuable service in his Kingdom. You are precious to Him! God will fully repay those who have persecuted or criticized your life of faith. There is coming a day when you will even receive apologies from some of them. Always remember, our God is Faithful!
Psalm 31:23 “Love the Lord, all you faithful followers of his! The Lord protects those who have integrity, but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly”.
God judged His people who willfully rejected His wisdom and Laws. He had given them laws, precepts and wisdom so that they would live in peace, with blessings and with purpose. However, because of their pride and arrogance, they rejected His words. This greatly displeased God. Hosea 4:6 says: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children”. That is a chilling verse. God declared to those that willfully rejected His word that He would also reject them from being able to serve Him. This would also impact their children because God knew that they would not teach God’s law to their children. This would also cause judgement to fall upon the children since they would act just like their parents. God was pleased with Abraham and He knew that he would teach the law of God to His children (Genesis 18:19). Therefore He greatly blessed Abraham and his children. But those that reject His word will not be able to enjoy His presence. They will not be able to receive life from His word and promises. They will not teach their children, so it will also negatively impact their children. Learn from their example, and instead embrace His precepts and promises. It will be a lasting blessing to you and your family!
