Thursday May 21st, 2026
« I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned or their descendants pleading for bread »
1“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.
2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
3 “Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
4 “Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
5 “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
6 “Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
7 “The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
8 “The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
9 “The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways.
10 Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you.
11 And the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.
12 The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
13 And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.
14 So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Isaiah 3:10 says it shall be well with the righteous because there are certain guaranteed blessings that righteous people enjoy.
One of them is in Psalm 34:17NKJV
« The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles »
- When you are living a life of holiness, anytime you cry to God, He would answer you speedily.
This is as opposed to Isaiah 59:1-2, which says that it’s people’s sins that prevent God from hearing them.
David said clearly in Psalm 66:18GWT
« If I had thought about doing anything sinful, the Lord would not have listened [to me] »
If you really want God to start hearing your prayers, then you must begin to live holy henceforth.
The blessings attached to living holy are numerous, as seen in today’s Bible text and memory verse.
The children of righteous people are God’s responsibility;
He takes care of their needs Himself.
King David shared his observation about this in today’s memory verse.
The children of the righteous don’t have to depend on anybody to survive – God Himself makes sure that they don’t lack anything.
This means that the best legacy and inheritance you can leave for your children is a holy lifestyle.
This is so because God will ensure that they never lack.
A classic illustration is in 1 Kings 11:11-12.
David was a man after God’s heart, and God preserved his son – Solomon because of this.
- It is better, however, to teach your children to live holy themselves even when you have gone to be with the Lord, so that their own children too will enjoy the preservation of the Lord.
« You love justice and hate evil. Therefore, O God, your God has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.” »
Hebrews 1:9NLT
Pursue righteousness and hate iniquity, so that you would see the manifestation of God’s glory upon your life and all that concerns you.
Application – Make holiness your lifestyle.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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