LEARNING DAILY

 

Deuteronomy 10:14-21, The highest heavens and the earth and everything in it all belong to the Lord your God. Yet the Lord chose your ancestors as the objects of His love. And He chose you, their descendants, above every nation, as is evident today. Therefore, cleanse your sinful hearts and stop being stubborn. The Lord your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords. He is the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and takes no bribes. He gives justice to orphans and widows. He shows love to foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing. You, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. You must fear the Lord your God and worship and cling to Him. Your oaths must be in His name alone. He is your God, the one who is worthy of your praise, the one who has done mighty miracles you yourself have seen. (New Living Translation)

 

I know that is a larger portion of scripture than usual. Perhaps you should go back and read it; this time read it paying attention to the expression of God for His people. Read it with the sense of God’s amazing grace and His desire to be loved by them from their hearts. God did not want His people to substitute a heartfelt love for Him with outward religious forms.

 

It is important for Believers today to understand how much God loves you today. “He chose each of us. Our faith must come from our heart; we must cleanse our sinful hearts and stop being stubborn” about walking the narrow way the way He desires, directs us to. “Outward obedience such as following the commandments, going to church and other religious practices are valid and significant only if they are based on knowing Jesus Christ through sincere faith in and love for Him, because of who He is and what He has done for us” (LSSB).

 

Walking on the narrow way to eternal life in His kingdom is a choice we choose each day. Each day is a matter of asking the Holy Spirit to fill us and cleanse us of all unrighteousness so we can walk with Him as He desires. This is not a hardship for those who desire to truly walk with Him. That is what revival is about – “fearing the Lord your God and worshiping and clinging to Him”.

 

I think people do not understand this because there is no fear of God. The people who left Egypt had seen God punish those who were disobedient to Him; there was immediate punishment, often the death of the one being disobedient. The consequences usually were experienced by the entire family. Strict? Yes, it was. But God demands obedience. Today, we do not see that sort of consequence. Therefore, I wonder if people have lost the fear of God. Too often people, even Believers, forget about worship, prayer, Bible study unless there is some major happening going on in their life. “Stop being stubborn”. Repent and return to your first love, doing the things you did when you first accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior. Let Him be the Lord of your life as well!

 

Let Jesus Christ be the One worthy of your worship and praise today! Choose this day to follow Him and allow Him to guide your thoughts, your words, your actions! Choose to let the light of Jesus in you shine brightly in this dark and evil world!

 

 

From now on DJSB will be used to note information or quotes from the David Jeremiah Study Bible and LSSB will refer to information and quotes from the Life in the Spirit Study Bible.