Mt Gerizim & Ebal: Consequences

A missionary by the name of Aretta Loving was washing her dishes when she saw Jimmy, the five-year-old neighbor, headed straight toward the back porch. “Come around to the front door, Jimmy,” she shouted. “There’s wet paint on the porch rails.” “I’ll be careful,” Jimmy replied, not turning from his path. “Jimmy, stop!” Aretta shouted. “I don’t want carefulness. I want obedience!” As the words burst from her mouth, she thought to herself, “How often am I like Jimmy! I rationalize that I will be careful as I proceed with my own plans and sometimes flirt with sin. But God doesn’t want carefulness. He wants obedience.” Deuteronomy 11:26-32 describes our need for consequences, containing 4 principles we can apply to our life in order to obey God more.