#Devotion Terms and Conditions Apply. Of late there are many promotions on TV, radio and print media advertising different promotions that are mostly giving away free money cars, houses, plots of land among other prizes. One of the things that many people may not bother to look into, are the terms and conditions for enrolling in such a promotions. Usually you will see at the end of every advertisement they will write the words “terms and conditions apply.” If you win yet you have breached some of the terms and conditions then you are automatically disqualified. One of the most common is that employees and their families from the companies doing the promotion are usually not eligible to participate in such competitions. We have also seen it in athletic competitions where winners are stripped off their medals because they breached the terms and conditions of the race. What about in the house of God, Do we have terms and conditions? Genesis 12:2-3 I will bless you and make your descendants into a great nation. You will become famous and be a blessing to others. I will bless anyone who blesses you, but I will put a curse on anyone who puts a curse on you. Everyone on earth will be blessed because of you. That’s the kind of message that we in this generation like to hear and it is the most popular message today. The sad thing is that we have equated the blessing of God with material possessions only. If I have a big house and I drive a fancy car, all my bills are paid up and I have a little extra to splash around then I must be blessed right? We have become a generation that is chasing after the hand of God instead of seeking His face. The blessings of God are for real but hardly do we hear the terms and conditions of receiving the blessing being talked about. As you cry out to God to bless you, have you met the terms and conditions? Joshua 1:5- 8 I will always be with you and help you as I helped Moses, and no one will ever be able to defeat you. Long ago I promised the ancestors of Israel that I would give this land to their descendants. So be strong and brave! Be careful to do everything my servant Moses taught you. Never stop reading The Book of the Law he gave you. Day and night you must think about what it says. If you obey it completely, you and Israel will be able to take this land. God paints a great picture of the amazing things that He has laid in store for His servant Joshua but at the end He says terms and conditions apply. All this will be possible if Joshua does everything that Moses taught him to do and also if he never stops reading the book of the law that was given to him Day and night he must meditate upon it and if he does that then he and Israel will be able to take the land. Gods promises come with the phrase terms and conditions apply because we have a part to play in the whole process. So what promise of God are you standing on today? Have you taken the time to understand the terms and conditions before you take off to claim the promise? Yes God wants to bless you but He has laid down some regulations that we have to live by and as long as we are living in that prescribed manner then we shall not have to chase after these things but they shall follow after us. Practical Application Matthew 6:33 (CEV) But more than anything else put Gods work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well. Terms and conditions apply.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 03:12:14 +0000