majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Deuteronomy 10:14,
"To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens,
the earth and everything in it."
Moses makes clear to this second generation of freed Israelites just
who God is that has led them through the desert wasteland for forty
years. He is the transcendent sovereign Lord who owns it all,
everything in the vast array of the universe, everything on earth and
in it. Leading up to this observation of the Lord, Moses recounts what
it is God requires of them: to fear the Lord, to walk in his ways, to
love him, to serve him with all their hearts and all their souls.
Moses also tells the Israelites that God loved the patriarchs and has
chosen them, their descendants, as his people. The passage that comes
to my mind that underscores why God loved the patriarchs and chose
their offspring as a people of his own is given in Genesis 15:6,
"Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness."
Moses also tells the Israelites that they must "circumcise" their
hearts, no longer be stiff-necked, serve him, hold fast to him and
take their oaths in his name.
Just as God broke the bondage of the Israelites to Egypt and freed
them to be a people of his own, so God has freed us from the bondage
to sin and death. He has freed us to be a people of his own. Purchased
by the blood of Jesus Christ we now belong to him as a people of his
own to serve and worship him.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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