Conditional Promises

Leviticus 26-27; Acts 23 

“If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees of the field their fruit.”

Leviticus 26:3, 4

The promises of God always come with conditions on our part. God’s promises to Israel for provision, protection, peace, and his presence were conditional on Israel walking in God’s ways and obeying his commands. 

When we claim 2 Corinthians 1:20: “For no matter how many promises God has made, they are ‘Yes’ in Christ”, but fail to obey Christ as Lord of our lives, are we still expecting God’s promises, like blank cheques, to be operational in our lives?

Bonheoffer called that presumption “cheap grace”. God’s invitation to us is to find our life fully in him, listen to his Word, and obey. It is as we make God our life, he fills us with his abundant life, and like a good Shepherd, takes care of us (John 10:10).

Will we surrender to God every area of our lives this day, asking him to fill us with his Spirit and life so that we can walk in all his promises, for his glory?

“Lord Jesus my life is in you and your promises are in me, for your glory.”