Forsaking Him

Deuteronomy 11:20 The Lord will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him.

I realize this is the Old Testament and we live under grace, now.  However, people still get hung up today and blame God for disaster that occurs in the world, when lives are ruined.

God’s message is really simple.  Obey Him, and good things follow.  Even when bad happens, good is at work.  And when we disobey him, bad stuff happens and there’s no good at work there.

Take for example, the law of gravity.  I doubt anyone would blame God if a person, knowing the law of gravity, walked off a tall building to their death. 

The end of this verse “forsaking him” is the key to sure ruin.  It’s the pull that brings you down to ruin.  In fact, curses and confusion come when those who know they should follow Him and instead turn and choose to walk off and “fall.”

God is not mean, nor is he out to destroy people.  He is holy.  He requires that we abandon all and pursue Him, and he will enable us to prosper.  If we choose to walk away from this truth, it’s our choice.