December 7 - Daily Message - Psalm 18:20

I believe this is a message to us from God, written from His perspective – Sherri 

​Psalm 18:20 NLT “The LORD rewarded me for doing right; He restored me because of my innocence.”
 
Do you ever eel like you do the right thing and either no one notices or you get ridiculed or even “downgraded” because of it?
 
It is a common thing in this broken world and I know that, but I am the One truly rewarding you. I am the One restoring you because you chose a road of innocence rather than the “knowledge of good and evil” (Genesis 2:17).
 
In the Garden I placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:9) which leads to death (Genesis 2:17) so I am putting life and death next to each other for you to choose.
 
I also do this in Deuteronomy 28 where I place blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience next to each other, giving a choice of life and death. I make this really clear in
Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV “I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, that you and your offspring may live,”
 
And I reiterate how to make this choice…
 
Deuteronomy 20:20 NLT “You can make this choice by loving the LORD your God, obeying Him, and committing yourself firmly to Him.”
 
When you choose to do right, you obey Me, you demonstrate your love for Me and it invokes these blessings. Keep doing right and the blessings begin to compound upon each other and eventually blessings overtake you. Do not be discouraged. Keep doing what is right, continue in innocence and experience the goodness of Me.  
 
I am not a stickler for obedience because of My ego or because I am on a power trip, I am simply stating a fact…when you abide by the laws this world was founded on, you discover that things work better. When you work within the boundaries of gravity, you fall down a lot less. When you work within the laws this world was created upon 9the most important being love) you discover that you fall down less in life. It really is that simple.
 
Of course, I am talking about true love – not love tainted by sin, which is why it’s important to start by loving Me first so you can experience true love first and then you can move on to loving yourself, your neighbor, and your enemies (Mark 12:30-31, Matthew 5:44).
 
Which brings about the fullness of My blessing.

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