If-Then-Observe-Hear

 

If – Then – Observe – Hear

GOD said:

“When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, IF My people who are called by My Name will Humble themselves and Pray and Seek My Face and turn from their wicked ways, THEN I Will HEAR from Heaven and Will Forgive their sin and Heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:13-14

 

JESUS said:

“SEEK you first The Kingdom of GOD and His Righteousness, And All These Things will be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” Matthew 6:33-34

 

GOD said:

“OBSERVE and HEAR all these Words which I Command you, THAT it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, WHEN you do that which is Good and Right in the sight of The LORD your GOD.” Deuteronomy 12:28

 

JESUS said:

“Then JESUS said to those Jews who believed Him, ‘IF you abide in My Word, you are My Disciples indeed. And you SHALL know The Truth and The Truth SHALL make you Free.’” John 8:31-32

 

What do these verses have in common? That what we get from GOD depends on what we do which is based on what we believe!

 

“When we are perfectly related to GOD, no matter where He places us or what the inner desolations (loneliness, grief, ruin, barren) are, we can Praise Him that all is well.” Oswald Chambers

 

First we see that it is GOD’s judgment that causes the calamities of life when we turn away from Him. It is the removal of His Grace, Blessings and Protection because of our sin. The only remedy is our humble repentance – turning back to a personal relationship with Him.

 

We are always seeking GOD’s Blessings but He wants us to seek Him! In John 15:1-8 JESUS tells us that we must abide in Him. In John 17:20-26 JESUS prayed for all believers to be one with Him and one with The Father as He is One with The Father.

 

Do you understand? It is better to obey than to sacrifice (1 Samuel 15:22). Sacrifice becomes a ritual (religious), but so can obedience. That is why JESUS quoted, “Mercy is better than sacrifice.” (Matthew 9:13, 12:6-8; Hosea 6:6; Micah 6:6-8) They all refer to knowing GOD, not academically but personally.

 

By GOD’s HOLY SPIRIT Who lives in us (1 Corinthians 3:16-17) and by His Word which cleanses us (1 Corinthians 6:11; Titus 3:4-6) we can grow in our personal relationship with GOD our Father and JESUS our LORD

 

IF… We do – THEN… GOD does

OBSERVE… HEAR…WHEN… We do – THAT… GOD does

SEEK FIRST…  We do – WILL BE… GOD does

IF…  We do – SHALL… GOD does

 

Every action we take has a corresponding action by GOD! “The labor of the Righteous leads to Life, the wages of the wicked to sin.” “The wages of sin is death, but the Gift of GOD is Eternal Life in CHRIST JESUS our LORD.” Proverbs 10:16; Romans 6:23

 

It is just not that hard to understand, if you surrender your life to JESUS you will save it, “For whosoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whosoever loses his life for My sake and the Gospel’s will save it.” (Mark 8:35)