UP FOR THE TASK?

Neh 9:36-38
36 "So now today we are slaves here in the land of plenty that you gave to our ancestors! We are slaves among all this abundance! 37 The lush produce of this land piles up in the hands of the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They have power over us and our cattle. We serve them at their pleasure, and we are in great misery.
38 "Yet in spite of all this, we are making a solemn promise and putting it in writing. On this sealed document are the names of our princes and Levites and priests." NLT
Neh 10:28-29
28 The rest of the people — the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, Temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the pagan people of the land in order to serve God, and who were old enough to understand — 29 now all heartily bound themselves with an oath. They vowed to accept the curse of God if they failed to obey the law of God as issued by his servant Moses. They solemnly promised to carefully follow all the commands, laws, and regulations of the LORD their Lord. NLT
** All this abundance and still we are slaves! This is so true for the people of God today…. There is abundance all around and yet we have become slaves to the worlds system. We are trapped in the ways of the world and we have compromised our faith and have heaped upon ourselves sin after sin trying to get the abundance not knowing that leaving the world and all it has to offer will set us free to reap a harvest of abundance thru obeying our Lord Jesus. It’s time to do as these people did. It’s time to bound ourselves to an oath. An oath to follow Jesus no matter what the cost. An oath to follow all the commands of God and to put Him first in all that we do….. Are you up for the task? I am!