Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy....the 2nd telling. The word means a 2nd amplification of the law. It is a covenant teaching to those who now make up the "wilderness" group heading to this promised land they have heard about for years. The original generation who came out of Egypt has died---Moses is expounding and telling this 2nd generation what is expected of them. The books main thought is there is only one God and he is the real deal.

we need to learn the importance of remembering in order to gain perspective on where we are today.
We need someone to tell us again the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We need to focus our spirit and our heart on what has gone before us that makes it possible for us to live in today.
We need to understand what God expects of us when we too enter into a "wilderness march" we call life.
Far too many today simply wing it.
Living and following God on a whim or thought.
He has given us a book that is as binding and powerful as the covenant that was given to the Israelites on Mt. Sinai. No, I'm not turning into a legalist or the church police, I just believe that when a person is saved, their life, their focus, their hearts shift toward the desires of God.

Looking back can cause us to look up in appreciation for what God has done. God keeps his word through the ages and expects his people to keep theirs. In other words, God, through his word, is trying to show us the way to live and interact with others here in our daily lives. I know that as some may read this, it appears to be a very confined and contracted way of living. Nothing could be farther from the truth. It is a glorious and boundless way and time when we fall into the hands of the living God.

Just as Moses restates the covenant with this new generation, each generation has to hear God's saving act's for their own. The story never changes, and for that I am grateful. That God would look down into my generation and offer salvation and redemption to those who do not know him. To those who are self-deluded by sin and addiction. That is power of the gospel. What you and I perceive to be mere words and flowery thoughts has the ability to shatter every mental and emotional thought and idea erected with the sole intention of keeping God out. The gospel can breath life back into dry, dead hearts that beat with rejection to the God and the truth. Oh that we might see! God give us sight today. Oh that we might praise Him! God give us the fruit of praise and let it roll off our tongues and thunder through eternity that you are worthy to be praised and worshipped.
Find Him today.....

God on you....
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