"His Promise"

Have you ever come across a verse or a word in scripture that you felt was put there just for you?  Treasure that was put there for you to discover. A word that you knew was His personal promise to you!  To be honest for me its one of those things that I look for every time I'm in His word. I'm constantly on the lookout for a new promise to lay claim to every day! Today is no different, except today, HIS PROMISE is the message that I pray flows straight from His heart to ours. 'Lord, give us ears to hear and hearts to receive!'

"Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice  of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.

And ALL THESE BLESSINGS SHALL COME UPON YOU AND OVERTAKE YOU, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
       *Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
       *Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
       *Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
       *Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
       *The Lord will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out  against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
       *The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
       *The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways.
       *Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you.
       * And the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord  swore to your fathers to give you.
       *The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.
       *So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. Deuteronomy 28:1-14

His heart, His promise to us today is that He will overtake us with blessings in every part of of our existence if we will choose Him!

In 1 Chronicles 7:12-15 God is talking to Solomon in a similar way, only this time He is talking about a heaven that He has shut up. He is telling Him the solution and He again makes a promise! A promise to a people who will be humble and seek Him and be obedient to His Word! ...  "I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people," if my people 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. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place."

In the parable of the prodigal son, the father 'saw when he was still a long way off,'  He saw because he was watching and waiting for his return and even though the son didn't feel worthy, his father blessed him with his best robe, sandals, a ring, a fatted calf, and a feast. Why? Because it was His good pleasure to restore him and to Bless him. Just as it is our Father's desire to overtake us with 'blessings and an open Heaven.'  He will keep His promise and we will experience all His blessings if we, His people will turn to Him, humble ourselves and seeks His face.