April 23, 2010
Moses' Song: A message for them to repeat over and over in the coming years.
Deuteronomy 32:46 - "To pay careful attention to all the words I have said to you today, and command your children to obey carefully everything in these teachings. These should not be unimportant words for you, but rather they mean life for you!"
Moses starts out announcing the name of the LORD and praising God because He is great. He is a rock. He does what is perfect. He is always fair. He is faithful. He does no wrong. He is right and fair. He was the one who found them, surrounded them, brought them up, guarded them, loved them, and fed them. BUT, after being all that and doing all that, they forgot who God was and what He did. They grew contented with their lives and they left God who made them and rejected the God who saved them. They started to believe in themselves and to do what they wanted to do. They left God and followed their own desires. They forgot God, and believed in themselves instead.
God tells them of the punishment and heartache they will receive for following their own selfish desires. Are you blind? Where is your thinking? How do you think it happened that one could chase a thousand or two fight ten thousand? Do you really think you did that all on your own? Even your enemies (Deuteronomy 32:31) knew it was me—GOD—who delivered you! What happened to make you believe "we" are the ones, instead of God, He is the One? You got too comfortable and forgot to rely on me! Your forgot to "Love the LORD your God" and to obey and serve. You think you have gotten by with doing what you want to do. You think I haven't noticed. But, I have been watching and I am saying this. Deuteronomy 32:25 - "I will punish those who do wrong; I will repay them. Soon their foot will slip, because their day of trouble is near, and their punishment will come quickly." (This verse is quoted and referred to in Romans 12:19 and Hebrews 10:30.)
We cannot escape God's wrath and punishment. Who do we think we are that we believe we can do what we want and that somehow God won't notice? The problem is obvious. We have lost focus and believe that we are above God. We have set ourselves up as an idol. We have broken the first and most important command. God will not be mocked. We will not escape the consequences of our choices.
Why are there curses instead of blessings? And, why are we punished? Because God is mad? Or angry? Or just wants revenge? No! It is to bring us back. It is to restore our relationship to Him in the proper order.
Next Entry: Deuteronomy 33:1 – 34:12
Moses' Song: A message for them to repeat over and over in the coming years.
Deuteronomy 32:46 - "To pay careful attention to all the words I have said to you today, and command your children to obey carefully everything in these teachings. These should not be unimportant words for you, but rather they mean life for you!"
Moses starts out announcing the name of the LORD and praising God because He is great. He is a rock. He does what is perfect. He is always fair. He is faithful. He does no wrong. He is right and fair. He was the one who found them, surrounded them, brought them up, guarded them, loved them, and fed them. BUT, after being all that and doing all that, they forgot who God was and what He did. They grew contented with their lives and they left God who made them and rejected the God who saved them. They started to believe in themselves and to do what they wanted to do. They left God and followed their own desires. They forgot God, and believed in themselves instead.
God tells them of the punishment and heartache they will receive for following their own selfish desires. Are you blind? Where is your thinking? How do you think it happened that one could chase a thousand or two fight ten thousand? Do you really think you did that all on your own? Even your enemies (Deuteronomy 32:31) knew it was me—GOD—who delivered you! What happened to make you believe "we" are the ones, instead of God, He is the One? You got too comfortable and forgot to rely on me! Your forgot to "Love the LORD your God" and to obey and serve. You think you have gotten by with doing what you want to do. You think I haven't noticed. But, I have been watching and I am saying this. Deuteronomy 32:25 - "I will punish those who do wrong; I will repay them. Soon their foot will slip, because their day of trouble is near, and their punishment will come quickly." (This verse is quoted and referred to in Romans 12:19 and Hebrews 10:30.)
We cannot escape God's wrath and punishment. Who do we think we are that we believe we can do what we want and that somehow God won't notice? The problem is obvious. We have lost focus and believe that we are above God. We have set ourselves up as an idol. We have broken the first and most important command. God will not be mocked. We will not escape the consequences of our choices.
Why are there curses instead of blessings? And, why are we punished? Because God is mad? Or angry? Or just wants revenge? No! It is to bring us back. It is to restore our relationship to Him in the proper order.
God
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Man
Deuteronomy 32:39 - "Now you will see that I am the one God! There is no god but me. I send life and death; I can hurt, and I can heal. No one can escape from me."
God
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Get that right and the rest goes right. That is why the most important thing Jane (Her Name Was Jane) taught us was to PRAISE God. Not the act of thanking Him for what He has done for you, but praising Him for who He is.
God
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Man
Addendum: 11/14/13 ~ From the Life Lesson:
"To know the will of God is the highest of all wisdom. Living in the center of God's will rules out all falseness of religion and puts the stamp of true sincerity upon our service to God. You can be miserable with much, if you are out of His will; but you can have peace in your heart with little, if you are in the will of God. You can be wretched with wealth and fame, out of His will; but you can have joy in obscurity, if you are in the will of God. You can have agony in good health, out of His will; but you can be happy in the midst of suffering, if you are in God's will. You can be miserable and defeated in the midst of acclaim, if you are out of His will; but you can be calm and at peace in the midst of persecution, as long as you are in the will of God. The Bible reveals that God has a plan for every life, and that if we live in constant fellowship with Him, He will direct and lead us in the fulfillment of His plan." ~ From Day by Day with Billy Graham by Joan W. Brown
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