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THE GREATNESS OF GOD AND THE WAY FORWARD
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
Deuteronomy 10:12-22

Ecclesiastes 12:9-14

 

“Fear God, and keep
his commandments:

for this is the whole duty of man.”

 

THE GREATNESS OF GOD AND THE WAY FORWARD
 
Israel had an obligation to the Lord. One thing that Moses did not neglect to stress was the necessity of Israel to obey the Lord. He repeated this also here: “And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?” (Deut 10:12-13). This was an obligation of absolute necessity if they wanted to maintain a good relationship with God where He would bless them as He had promised. Keeping the commandments of the Lord had to be their song.
 
Moses declared that the entire universe belongs to the Lord. He is the Creator of all things and He chose Israel to be His people. He said that He had delight in their fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them. That was the status of Israel because of the greatness of God. Israel was prone to rebelling against the Lord and being stiffnecked. Thus Moses told them to circumcise the foreskin of their hearts, that is to say they had to completely change their attitude and follow the Lord without any reservations. God is great and just to all as He is Lord of lords and King of kings. He is the Defender of the underprivileged and stands for their welfare. Israel was also told to love strangers as they were also strangers in Egypt. They were to repay the kindness that was shown to them. Moses asked Israel to give praise to God and for all the great things that He had done. God multiplied Israel so that they were now a great multitude, although Jacob’s family was just seventy people when they went to Egypt. Now it was a whole nation.
 
God is gracious as He is able to restore His wayward children to His fold. His written Word is always a testimony for Him. It will always stand. God’s children are to look up to Him for instruction and for salvation, and are to give Him all the glory. Salvation is of the Lord.
 
THOUGHT: The way forward for the faithful is to glorify God.

PRAYER: Father, may I keep my whole duty to Thee.

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