-Deuteronomy 6:23
The scripture shows how that God was preparing His people so that they might move forward in faith into the Promised Land. This was the blessed place which had been promised to God’s people over 500 years earlier to a man named Abraham. It was all coming together just as God had promised so long ago. If we learn nothing else from something like this it is that as followers of Christ we must trust God to do His work, His will, in His own time. God works in accordance with His will and His time, not according to ours. We want God to do and act right now. What the Lord shows us is that He is doing and working on our behalf; we just need to learn to trust Him in the midst of it no matter what.
The call to the people was to hear what the Lord was telling them and then to put it into practice. Hear it and then do it. Its one thing to know what God has said in His word, but it’s another matter altogether to put it into practice. The commandment says to worship the Lord and serve Him only. In response we remove from our lives anything which has become an idol and we make sure that we are completely devoted to the Lord and placing Him first in our lives. From there the Lord will empower us to live lives which bring honor and glory to Him. The commandments also show us how we are to treat one another; truthfully, honestly, and without jealousy or malice. When we do what God has told us to do we are empowered to move forward in faith – not growing stagnant, but rather enjoying that fresh living water of the Holy Spirit.
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