SIGNS THAT GOD IS ANGRY WITH SOMEONE 2
14 'BUT IF YOU DO NOT OBEY ME, AND DO NOT OBSERVE ALL THESE COMMANDMENTS,
15 AND IF YOU DESPISE MY STATUTES, or if your soul abhors My judgments, so that you do not perform all My commandments, but break My covenant,
16 I ALSO WILL DO THIS TO YOU: I WILL EVEN APPOINT TERROR OVER YOU, WASTING DISEASE AND FEVER WHICH SHALL CONSUME THE EYES AND CAUSE SORROW OF HEART. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
17 I will set My face against you, and you shall be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no one pursues you.
18 ‘AND AFTER ALL THIS, IF YOU DO NOT OBEY ME, THEN I WILL PUNISH YOU SEVEN TIMES MORE FOR YOUR SINS.
19 I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.
20 AND YOUR STRENGTH SHALL BE SPENT IN VAIN; for your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit."
Leviticus 26:14-20 (NKJV)
We cannot completely list the moral laws that were meant to guide the Israelites in this piece, but we want to look the repercussions or consequences of being disobedient to the commandments or the violation of the principles. When these things that are mentioned in the passage are seen happening in a believer's life such a person should know that God is not in favour, or is not pleased, with him or her.
God's mood could be deduced or seen or perceived, though you could not see Him physically, but His countenance or His reaction to what you are doing can be deduced or fathomed through what you see happening around you—in your home, businesses, and every endeavour of yours—whether He is happy with you or not: "I ALSO WILL DO THIS TO YOU: I WILL EVEN APPOINT TERROR OVER YOU, WASTING DISEASE AND FEVER WHICH SHALL CONSUME THE EYES AND CAUSE SORROW OF HEART. AND YOU SHALL SOW YOUR SEED IN VAIN, FOR YOUR ENEMIES SHALL EAT IT" (Leviticus 26:16 NKJV).
This shows us that when a believer begins to see some of these negative things that are mentioned in the text, the Bible passage, happening in his or her life, the person should know that something has gone wrong in his or her walk with God.
There are some sicknesses or diseases that should not befall or come on a believer, If it happened, the person should know that something is wrong somewhere—his or her relationship with God may have been marred.
Problems or evils happened to people in general which could probably believe by all people that such things usually happen. But a believer who is spiritually inclined should not just accept that and believe that It is normal or natural that such things do happen to people generally. A believer who lives as being shared or explained here is a shallow believer in the things of God or in the understanding on how God works. Such could also be seen as a carnal believer or a natural person (1 Corinthians 2:14).
Life is spiritual. Mostly, If not generally, everything that happens to a believer in Christ Jesus has a spiritual connotation—it has a spiritual undertone. Thus, things should not be taken casually. A believer should not just believe or accept that something just happened. Whatever happened in a believer's life has a reason why It happened. A meaning should be read to it, It should not be treated casually, especially any negative thing.
This was the mistake of the Israelites at the time of Prophet Amos, God was sending pestilences, droughts and other calamities, yet they could not deduce that God was angry with them (Amos 4:6-11).
God does not communicate straight, there are some things that would be happening in your life as a believer in Christ Jesus that signifies God's anger and displeasure.
When you see such things happening in your life, as a believer who is walking in the spirit, you should quickly know that things are not well between you and God, that He is angry with you.
But on many occasions, any number of believers usually do not understand this. They would keep going on with their normal lives without giving what has happened any serious thought or read any meaning to it. Even If some believers were told that what is happening to them has a spiritual meaning or undertone, they would want to believe that the person telling them is trying to spiritualize everything, even things that should not be spiritualized.
Now, Is there anything that should not be spiritualized? The truth is, life is spiritual, the spiritual realm controls the physical realm. Whatever would happen in the physical realm must have taken place in spiritual realm (Job 1:6-19).
You will not fail in Jesus' name.
Whatever hold of sickness in your life is broken totally in Jesus' mighty name.
Peace!
TO BE CONTINUED
STEPS TO SALVATION
• Take notice of this:
IF you are yet to take the step of salvation, that is, yet to be born-again, do it now, tomorrow might be too late (2 Corinthians 6:1,2; Hebrews 3:7,8,15).
a. Acknowledge that you are a sinner and confess your Sins (1 John 1:9); And ask Jesus Christ to come into your life (Revelation 3:20).
b. Confess that you believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that you confess it with your mouth, thus, you accept Him As your Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9,10).
c. As you took the steps A and B your name is written in the Book of Life (Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:8).
- If you took the steps As highlighted above, congratulations, It means you are saved—born-again. Join a Word based church in your area and Town or city, and be part of whatever they are doing there. Peace!