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MOSES’ SONG OF JOY
MONDAY, DECEMBER 20
Deuteronomy 32:1-10

Psalm 67

 

“That thy way may be

known upon earth…”

 

MOSES’ SONG OF JOY
 
Deuteronomy 32:1-10 is a song of joy that the Lord had commanded Moses to write. Moses spoke for the Lord and ascribed to Him worthy attributes. He described the superiority of the Lord and that His anger was justified when Israel provoked Him. The enemies of Israel did not know the true God and their conduct manifested a base character. However, God would act justly for His people.
 
Moses spoke for God as commanded. He addressed heaven and earth in calling Israel to listen to him. The tone of his speech made it clear that Israel must take heed of everything he was telling them. He said that his doctrine came as rain and he ascribed greatness to God. He described the Lord and what He meant to him and all Israel as follows: “He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he” (Deut 32:4). The term “Rock” stresses the protective ability of God. In ancient warfare, the rock was used as a refuge and no power of the enemy could overcome it. As “the Rock,” everything concerning God is powerful and unchangeable, and thus perfect.
 
The attributes of God are in contrast to man’s depraved and corrupt state. When Jesus came, the term “Rock” took a greater significance. In writing to the Corinthian Christians, Apostle Paul said, “And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ” (1 Cor 10:4).
 
In Deuteronomy 32:6, Moses referred to God’s establishing the nation of Israel. “When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel” (Deut 32:8). The Lord became the portion of Israel and their inheritance. These remarks were to assure Israel that God had not forsaken them even up to that time.
 
THOUGHT: The greatness of God is always the same to all who trust in Him in every generation.

PRAYER: Father, may I always be assured of Thy protection and provision.

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