IF THEY LISTEN, GREAT…IF NOT, IT’S OK
“If they listen and obey God, they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives. All their years will be pleasant. (Job 36:11 NTV)
Our decisions, without a doubt, will produce results. They can be both good or bad.
- What brings us well-being and prosperity?
“If they listen and obey God, they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives. All their years will be pleasant. (Job 36:11 NLT)
- What leads us to failure?
But if they refuse to listen to him, they will cross over the river of death, dying from lack of understanding. For the godless are full of resentment. Even when he punishes them,they refuse to cry out to him for help. They die when they are young, after wasting their lives in immoral living.
(Job 36:13-14 NLT)
- What makes us correct our bad attitude? Through suffering.
But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer.
For he gets their attention through adversity (Job 36:15 NLT)
God is not the author of evil, but occasionally He allows human beings to suffer the consequences of our disobedience, and sometimes that adversity makes us come to ourselves and return to God.
Choose to listen and obey God in order to be blessed and prospered.
Think about it:
Is there well-being or failure in your life?
Have you had to correct your attitude through suffering?
Have you looked at the difference between obeying God and disobeying Him?