2 Tim 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
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THE CAUSE OF BLESSINGS TO ISRAEL
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24
Deuteronomy 8:1-10
Psalm 111:1-10
“He hath given meat unto them
that fear him: he will ever
be mindful of his covenant.”
THE CAUSE OF BLESSINGS TO ISRAEL
Moses did not cease to remind Israel of the need to obey the Lord and keep His commandments. He reminded them of all the blessings they saw in the wilderness. As a covenant-keeping God, He was going to bring them to a land with plenty of desirable resources. He exhorted them to remember the Lord always.
Keeping the commandments of the Lord is the cause of blessings; and this included their multiplication in the land. This is the promise that the Lord repeated to this nation, and it was their expectation that the Lord would grant them that desire. Keeping the commandments of the Lord also ensured the continuation of the nation and prosperity. Their faith was in God whose hand had led them in the wilderness. Moses told them to remember how the Lord led them for forty years and the purpose of their calling. They had to leave a land of idols and superstitions and go to a land where they would worship the true God and have sovereignty.
The wilderness journey was humbling to them as God fed them with manna from heaven. God led them to a point where they were helpless; they had no water to drink or food to eat. They had murmured against Moses and blamed him for bringing them to the wilderness to kill them. Moses cried to the Lord in that situation and the Lord provided water and food in a miraculous way. Throughout all those years of wandering, God provided for their physical needs. They should have been content and should have trusted the Lord. However, they reacted negatively and Moses had to remind them of the goodness of the Lord towards them. They were highly privileged, yet they did not recognise the favour of the Lord in working wonders among them.
THOUGHT: God is a trusted refuge to His people whenever they need Him.
PRAYER: Father, may I always understand that Thou art everything to me.