THE DEFAULT STATUS OF A CHILD OF GOD

Hello friends! Happy new day. I specially thank God for the miracle of sleeping and waking up and am sure you are rejoicing in this new day the Lord has made and granted us the privilege to be a part of.
Our Bible reading for today is from Deuteronomy 15:1-end and our memory verse is from Deuteronomy 15:4 "But there will be no poor among you, for the Lord will surely bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance to possess."
In a group of five children, you have the son of Dangote, the son of Sanusi, the son of Ngozi okonjo-Iweala, the son of a medical doctor and the son of a driver, it is obvious that without being told you will identify the son of the wealthy people, may be through their flamboyance or their attitude to material things or their discussion of adventures. Just like it is easy to identify the children of the wealthy people in the group, it should be easy for a child of God to be identified in the crowd.
A child of God is to at all times known for the following;

1. Faithful to God and have no other god beside God.
2. Be respectful to your parents, all and sundry.
3. Do not steal or covet what does not belong to you, be it property or human.
4. Do not lie or bear false witness.

Our memory verse clearly states that there will be no poor among you and the next verse instructed that for us as children of God to qualify in being rich we must obey all that the Lord commands us to do. Little wonder Joshua said in Joshua 1:8 "This book of law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success." Simple and straight to the point! So you see friends, by all standards the default status of a child of God is 'BLESSED', but to be blessed indeed is dependent on the following according to Joshua;

1. Knowledge of the word of God which is the law
2. Meditate on the law day and night
3. Obey the law

The Bible says that the word of God is a light unto our path, therefore the knowledge of the word of God brings light into our life and the light shines that darkness cannot comprehend it.Meditating on the law day and night means internalizing and enshrining the law in our heart, when there is an internalization of a knowledge it gets into our subconscious and takes the automated position, at this this point we don't need to think too deep to get the knowledge function when it is needed. This is what happens when we internalize the word of God which is the law. It becomes a part of us and obeying it becomes very easy.
Finally, we must know that life is governed by principle and not miracle, so if God's standard states that we become rich by obeying His command, then when we disobey His command we should not expect to be rich.
Till I come your way again, remain blessed.