"If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people"
Leviticus 26:3-12
This is a pretty good list of cool things that follow keeping the commandments. It's similar to modern promises, but with more of an emphasis on enemies and lawlessness because it comes from the general anarchy of the Old Testament. Not that we don't have enemies today, but I think few of us are out there fighting them with swords. I think the promise still holds true though, that God will help us against our enemies, and help us learn and avoid the traps that are laid with scams, phishing, ransomware, and other bad actors, and of course more serious organized crime that threatens us as individuals and our society in general.
We still need rain, and food, and though we might not be harvesting that food in person, God has given us wise recommendations about food storage and preparing for emergencies, and as we keep those commandments as well, he will help us and provide for us. God is still willing to establish a covenant with each of us individually, and we can all become collectively part of his people through baptism. He promises to walk among us, and to be our God, which is especially amazing considering the miracles that preceded this promise, and is still true. If we do his will, we will see miracles in our own lives as well. Today, let's do God's will and establish a covenant with him, or renew it and recommit to it. If we have gone astray from our promises, let's repent and return. God is still here, waiting for us to walk with him again.
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