Achieving Max Benefits

Deuteronomy 8:1
Follow every command- To achieve your max benefits, instructions must be followed carefully (sounds like something at the end of a recipe). When Moses is preparing the children of Israel to head into the promise land, the first thing said is “Follow every command”. When entering a place of position of promise, we have to follow the commands that God has laid out for our lives. Failure to follow the commands that God has spoken over our lives can potentially lead a promise deferred, derailed, or worst destroyed. If things are not working out for you and your purpose that God has for you, a suggestion might be to re-check the instructions he gave you to follow. You might have missed a step that is hindering the completion on step 1.

Once you know that you are following every command that God desires for your lives. You must Live & Increase. The first part of this 2 part order is closely related to the former statement of “Follow Every Command”. Shawn Carter, makes the statement,” that living does not begin until church ends”. In a counter argument, living does not begin until we follow the commands of God. In Matthew 10:39, “Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it”. We have not experienced living until we begin to follow the commands that God has ordered for our lives. When you are living, you know your purpose, you can feel the passion for your purpose, and the sight/vision of your promise becomes more apparent. Once you know that you are living, there is a second part to the order, Increase. Increase is directly related to Development. So after you are living the next step is to increase/develop your life better. One thing that hinders people is the development of self. Be careful of people that claim to be living but are not developing. If a person is not developing themselves, they are in a position of inactivity, or non-mobile. When you are non-mobile or inactive, this closely resembles someone who is dead. So essentially you can’t be a walking oxymoron, claiming to be living but never developing/increasing your life. To increase/develop yourself is contradictory to complacency. You have to find a way to add/increase/develop to your living through following the commands that God had ordered for your life.

After God was finish giving the Israelites instruction through Moses (Follow every command of God, Live, and Increase). God gives direction, He says enter & possess. At some point in time after viewing your purpose, you have to enter it. If not, we run the risk of becoming a recognized unfulfilled purpose. Which is like what James says, “…like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, and after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like”. You cannot see your purpose and you vision only to be scared to enter into it. For God to fulfill, His promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the children of Israel had to walk in the promise land. Remember God removed those who were afraid to enter. Do not be afraid of your purpose in life, the time is now for you to enter into your purpose. Next thing God says is possess it. The children of Israel were to take hold of everything in the promise land. Understand that the word possess is synonymous with endowed with. To be endowed with something, literally means: (to provide with a permanent fund/source of income/to furnish with talent/to equip). Essentially, to say this, “that once you have entered your God destined purpose, you must possess it”. When you have possessed it, understand that everything has been provided for you. God has endowed you with provisions for your purpose. Not only our you to follow every command God gives you, and to live according to the commands given, and while you are living remember to increase your life, but now is the time that you are to walk/enter into the purpose, and while you are walking in your purpose know that have provided everything necessary for you to possess your purpose.