Deuteronomy 8:6-10   ⁶ Therefore keep the commandments of the LORD your God, by walking in his ways and by fearing him.  ⁷ For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with flowing streams, with springs and underground waters welling up in valleys and hills, ⁸ a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey,  ⁹ a land where you may eat bread without scarcity, where you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you may mine copper.  ¹⁰ You shall eat your fill and bless the LORD your God for the good land that he has given you.

As we take the step of faith toward a new life or faith practice we hope that it will lead us to a better way of life. We hope that we will be healthier, more fulfilled, stronger, and more disciplined.

God encourages us to keep up the disciplines that will lead us to that new life. The more fervently we walk in his ways the more we grow in faith. The more avidly we follow the path to wholeness the more we take on the habits of a healthy life. The more faithfully we keep on moving toward the goal the more likely our desires will conform to ones that keep us on the right track. We will be blessed.

Lord, help us to keep on track. Guide us in the way you want us to go so that we will be changed and blessed by you. Amen.