Daily Devotions
It Is Written
"Consider it in your heart..."
Text: Deuteronomy 4:39
THE RIGHT RESPONSE TO THE LORD AND HIS WORD
Moses had seen how the children of God had rebelled against the Lord and how they had turned to idolatry. With all his heart he urged them to make the right response to the Lord.
“Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart,
that the LORD Himself is God in heaven above
and on the earth beneath; there is no other.
You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments
which I command you today,
that it may go well with you and with your children after you,
and that you may prolong your days in the land which
the LORD your God is giving you for all time.”
Deuteronomy 4:39-40
1. This was the last word of exhortation in Deuteronomy 4
a) Concerning faith in the Lord.
b) Concerning the commandments of the Lord.
2. “The LORD”
a) He is God in heaven above.
b) He is also God on the earth beneath.
c) There is no other God to be acknowledged and worshipped.
d) This is a truth that must be well learned.
e) It must be carefully considered in the heart.
3. God’s statutes and commandments
a) They are to be kept.
b) This is a direct commandment from the Lord.
c) Moses was only His spokesman.
4. Significant consequences if the Lord’s word is kept
a) Things will go well with this present generation.
b) The blessings will extend to the next generation.
c) Their days in the Promised Land will be prolonged.
d) The Land of Canaan will be given to them “for all time”.
EVERY ENCOURAGEMENT TO KEEP THE WORD OF GOD
Obviously, every encouragement had been given to the children of Israel to fear the Lord and to keep His commandments! There was no reason why the Word of God should not be studied carefully and kept with full obedience in mind! If failure occurs, it would be the fault of the children of Israel alone. What a wonderful God the LORD had proven Himself to His people (Cf. Deuteronomy 5 where God’s Laws were reiterated).