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DILIGENTLY KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Deuteronomy 11:18-32

Daniel 3:13-18

 

“…our God whom we serve is able
to deliver us from the burning fiery

furnace, and he will deliver us…”

 

DILIGENTLY KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS
 
The resources of the Lord cannot be exhausted and are not limited by human effort. He is God the Almighty. What He says He will do. He will do it perfectly. Moses told Israel to diligently keep the commandments of the Lord. He stressed this necessity in his speech to warn that the ordinary mind-set was to just hear and forget. He told them to make the deliberate effort to obey the Lord.
 
It had to be clear to all that they were to be truly committed to following and obeying the Lord as He had commanded them. Israel was going to settle in Canaan as a theocracy, with no human-appointed king as other nations had. They were going to have a spiritual leader and God would be their King. They were commanded to love the Lord and to walk in His ways, cleaving to Him. This describes the diligence required of them. The Lord would drive out nations mightier than they from the land of Canaan. Earlier the ten spies had discouraged Israel from going into Canaan. It was true that the inhabitants of that land were stronger, they had fortified cities, and physically they were of greater stature than the children of God. Superficially, Israel could not defeat them. However, the Lord promised to be with them and to fight for them. All they needed was to trust Him and diligently keep His commandments.
 
God would ensure that Israel could possess the land. Moses assured them with these words: “Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves. Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be” (Deut 11:23-24). This assurance was their confidence and an incentive for them to stand on the Lord’s side.
 
THOUGHT: God’s generous hand is always there for His obedient children.

PRAYER: Father, give me a heart that will diligently obey Thy statutes.

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