God’s Word is good, but you don’t want to cross it. God’s power is good, but you don’t want to be against God. You want to be with God. People who go against God are crossing the cables, and there will be damaging results. People try to blame God, but it wasn’t God’s fault. You could have obeyed. You could have put the cables on straight.
Do you remember what the Lord said through his servant in Deuteronomy 11:26? “Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse.” He’s saying, “I’m giving you the choice, the option.” “On one hand,” He said, “you’ll get a blessing if you obey, or a curse if you don’t.” He said, “I’m offering you life or death, blessings or curses.” He’s talking about the same covenant, isn’t He? Keep the commands, obey God, believe God, and the power is going to flow positively. The blessing will cause a flow of increase and help into your life. If you disobey and rebel against that same commandment that would bless you, then what happens? Curses.
Notice what He goes on to say in Deuteronomy 28:21-22. “The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning…” Are these disease and sickness? Are they in the curse of the Law? What’s the good news? If it’s in the curse of the Law, we’ve been redeemed from the curse of