Disasteroous Disobedience

Joshua 23
14 “Soon I will die, going the way of everything on earth. Deep in your hearts you know that every promise of the LORD your God has come true. Not a single one has failed! 15 But as surely as the LORD your God has given you the good things he promised, he will also bring disaster on you if you disobey him. He will completely destroy you from this good land he has given you. 16 If you break the covenant of the LORD your God by worshiping and serving other gods, his anger will burn against you, and you will quickly vanish from the good land he has given you.”

See? God is a God of His promises! He is a God of love, but most of all He is a God of Holiness Who is to be obeyed as our loving response to Him. Joshua paints it rather plainly here. Disaster awaits the disobedient. Not because God wants to bring disaster upon us, but because disaster is the consequence of disobedience. It has been since the Garden of Eden and it will be until the return of Jesus. Lord, help me to be obedient to You and to Your Word each day.