Deuteronomy 8-11
Moses spoke harsh truth to the Israelites: “You have been rebelling against the Lord from the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place…” “You have been rebelling against the Lord ever since I have known you.” Those can’t be easy words to swallow. You can just hear the plea in Moses’ voice saying good grief, all God wants from you is our love and devotion, why is this so hard for you to get?! “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you except to fear the Lord your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him and to worship the Lord your God with all your heart and your soul?” To be honest, I wonder if we are as frustrating. They never understood the heart of the Law. Moses said, “Keep every command I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to cross into and posses the land you are to inherit.” The purpose for His commands were to give them victory. He understood their humanity and knew it would not be possible for them to live as His people any other way. God gives us what we need to live the life He calls us to live. The commands were to be their strength. Today, we have the blessing of His Spirit. What He calls us to, He equips us with the wisdom and power to do. It angered the Isrealites to have to listen to God because they refused to understand why they had been given the commands. Moses says twice more that everything was about their love for God; “to love the Lord your God and worship Him with all your heart and all your soul,” “to love the Lord your God, walk in His ways, and remain faithful to Him.” Ladies, I’m not sure about you, but I don’t want to miss it like they did. He makes clear today, just as He did yesterday, that His desire is our love. The covenant may have changed, but He has not. He is the same loving, compassionate, faithful, all-powerful God, whose greatest desire is for your love. I pray that you allow Him to write these words on your heart, “He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome works your eyes have seen.” Today, may He be your praise. I challenge you to look back over your life and recall the numerous time that He has been faithful to you, even when you were not to Him; recount the times He has shown Himself to you; realize the rebellion that He has redeemed; and rest in the reality that He has done these things to show you who He is and His undying, unconditional love for you.
Moses spoke harsh truth to the Israelites: “You have been rebelling against the Lord from the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place…” “You have been rebelling against the Lord ever since I have known you.” Those can’t be easy words to swallow. You can just hear the plea in Moses’ voice saying good grief, all God wants from you is our love and devotion, why is this so hard for you to get?! “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you except to fear the Lord your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him and to worship the Lord your God with all your heart and your soul?” To be honest, I wonder if we are as frustrating. They never understood the heart of the Law. Moses said, “Keep every command I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to cross into and posses the land you are to inherit.” The purpose for His commands were to give them victory. He understood their humanity and knew it would not be possible for them to live as His people any other way. God gives us what we need to live the life He calls us to live. The commands were to be their strength. Today, we have the blessing of His Spirit. What He calls us to, He equips us with the wisdom and power to do. It angered the Isrealites to have to listen to God because they refused to understand why they had been given the commands. Moses says twice more that everything was about their love for God; “to love the Lord your God and worship Him with all your heart and all your soul,” “to love the Lord your God, walk in His ways, and remain faithful to Him.” Ladies, I’m not sure about you, but I don’t want to miss it like they did. He makes clear today, just as He did yesterday, that His desire is our love. The covenant may have changed, but He has not. He is the same loving, compassionate, faithful, all-powerful God, whose greatest desire is for your love. I pray that you allow Him to write these words on your heart, “He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome works your eyes have seen.” Today, may He be your praise. I challenge you to look back over your life and recall the numerous time that He has been faithful to you, even when you were not to Him; recount the times He has shown Himself to you; realize the rebellion that He has redeemed; and rest in the reality that He has done these things to show you who He is and His undying, unconditional love for you.
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