Atmosphere Of Heaven

Deuteronomy 28:3-14, records a listing of blessings promised by God to the Israelites as a condition of obedience and adherence to the covenant given.

In verses 1 and 2 Moses addresses the nation by saying, “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully keep all His commands that I am giving you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the world. You will experience all these blessings if you obey the Lord your God.”

He goes on to list 12 blessings that will be the result of full and careful obedience.

And He says something that stood out to me among the rest in verse 6. He says this, “Wherever you go and whatever you do, you will be blessed.”

So - IF I obey His commands I will be blessed wherever I go?
If I obey His commands I will be blessed whatever I do?

Yes.

Could this mean that I get to determine the type of environment I live in?
Could this mean that I must determine to bring the atmosphere of heaven to every room I enter and to every action step I take?
To bring HIS world to MY world until MY world looks like HIS?

When I obey the Lord and walk in His ways, I am choosing to live the atmosphere of heaven. I’m choosing to live with radical faith that doesn’t deny the existence of a problem, but refuses to give it a place of authority and influence in my life.
When I obey the Lord fully and completely then I get to walk in confidence that wherever I go will be blessed because of the presence I carry into that environment.
This means that when I step into my position of employment - my workplace is blessed because I carry Jesus and the atmosphere of heaven into the room.
This means that when I step into the grocery store - the establishment I’m visiting is blessed because I carry the Savior and His redemptive solutions into the building.
This means that when I serve at church or at a homeless shelter or love my spouse with un-compromised commitment - my actions are blessed because I am choosing to invite the King of Kings and Lord of Lords to govern my behavior.

It’s my choice. I get to decide which world I present as most superior to those around me. I get to demonstrate a fallen world filled with death and decay, or a world that hosts the Presence of the living, miracle-working God… one that breathes life into all who experience it for themselves.

I will chose to live the atmosphere of heaven.

Because it really really matters!