FAITH CAPSULE: Obedience is the password to opening the door of blessing.

Deuteronomy 28:1-14

Psalm 107:20 records the blessing in the word of God, “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”  
The word of Jesus records, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10) 
Indeed, Jesus, the living word of God, brought healing and deliverance that is evident in having life abundantly.
On every issue of life, one that walks His word, the word will work for such. 
The word of God is the power to deliver the blessing of God for one that will live life by the word of God.
Will you give life to live by the word of God?
The word of God comes with blessing but to gain and retain the blessing of God comes with a condition.
However, the condition to have the blessing of the word of God demands obedience. 
The word of God will not deliver a promise if there is a failure to obey. 
Obedience is the password to opening the door of blessing. 
The standard for obedience is unceasing and steady in obeying the word of God.
Before God, there is no half-obedience. 
Obeying the word of God will deliver such unnecessary, costly, and painful situations in the walk of life.
In life, many avenues lead to disobeying the word of God. 
Among many reasons for disobedience is pointed out in the book of Nehemiah 9:17, “They refused to obey, and they were not mindful of Your wonders that You did among them. But they hardened their necks, and in their rebellion…” 
The word of Nehemiah 9:17 refers to the children of Israel, but it also speaks to all today. 
The word of God identifies that disobedience is caused by not being mindful of the wonders of God.
The lack of mindfulness of the wonders of God leads to the hardness of the heart. 
The hardness of the heart will cause one not to live life by the word of God.
The word of God is a way, and the way is to gain and retain the presence of God.
A hardened heart lacks belief that denies one to gain the way.
Make it a way of life, live life by the word of God not to be a vessel of waste. 
The word of God is the source of faith, and when one does not believe in the word, having faith is not in place.
Are you a vessel with a hard of heart or a full-blown hardness of heart? 
Pray against having a hardened heart.
Have a desire for wisdom, knowledge, or understanding of the word of healing and deliverance. 
Take careful note the hardness of the heart is evidence of unbelief.

Prayer for today: Ask for deliverance from every spirit of the hardness of heart.