Walking In Abundance- Part 24
November 8, 2026 – 3:03 amJesus made the great exchange for you and me!
Our study has led us to the list of blessings and curses found in Deuteronomy, chapter 28. We’ve seen that the blessings come through listening to God’s Voice and doing what He says. Conversely, the curses come through the opposite: not listening to God’s Voice and not doing what He says.
In both cases, the blessings and the curses alike cover every area of our lives—spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, financial—as well as the whole area of relationships, within and without our family.
All these things come within the scope, both of the blessings on the one hand, and the curses on the other. God’s Remedy for the Curse, is stated by Paul in Galatians chapter 3:
13-14 “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.’ He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.” (NIV)
On the cross a Divinely ordained exchange took place. On Jesus came all the rebelliousness of the entire human race and all the evil consequences of that rebelliousness that we might be delivered, set free, and in exchange, God now makes available to us all the blessings that are due by Divine right to Jesus.
So, Jesus became a curse hanging on the tree, for it was written in the Law of Moses that everyone who hangs on a tree is a curse. Jesus became a curse that we in turn might receive the blessing of Abraham.
The blessing of Abraham covered every area of His life, and we have received this blessing with the help of the Holy Spirit Who is the Guide, the Interpreter, the Administrator of all the wealth of the Godhead.
In examining both the blessings and the curses, we’ve seen that both alike apply specifically to the whole area of financial and material needs.
Let’s consider the blessings again in this respect. In Deuteronomy chapter 28, verses 11 through 12, this is part of the blessings:
“The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your forefathers to give you. The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.” (NIV)
Notice among the blessings we find abundant prosperity—lending but not borrowing, fruitfulness in every area; that’s the blessing.
On the other hand, we see that the opposite is clearly listed among the curses in explicit language. In Deuteronomy chapter 28, verses 47 and 48:
“Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things; [that’s the Will of God that we as His people should serve Him with joy and a glad heart for the abundance of all things, that if, through disobedience, we do not do that, then here is the alternative in the next verse:] therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord shall send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things.” (NASB)
That’s very specific. The condition that disobedience will bring upon us is stated in four successive phrases—in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things. You take those four phrases and put them together; what do you have? If you have hunger, thirst, nakedness, lack of all things, what is that? Absolute poverty!
You cannot have greater poverty than to be hungry, thirsty, naked, and lacking all things, and that’s a curse. How important it is we see clearly that poverty is a curse; it’s not a blessing, and the ultimate curse is total poverty—poverty in every area. We don’t have enough to eat. We don’t have enough to drink. We don’t have enough clothes to wear; we just need everything. Now that is the poverty curse.
Jesus took on poverty for us in the Great Exchange. More tomorrow…
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