Meditation
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
Text: Deuteronomy 32:10-12
24 January 2021
THE WORKS OF GOD GRATEFULLY REMEMBERED
Moses recalled the mighty works God did for the children of Israel. In beautiful poetic language, he described what the Lord did for His people.
10 “He found him in a desert land
And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness;
He encircled him, He instructed him,
He kept him as the apple of His eye.
11 As an eagle stirs up its nest,
Hovers over its young,
Spreading out its wings, taking them up,
Carrying them on its wings,
12 So the Lord alone led him,
And there was no foreign god with him. Deuteronomy 32:10-12
- The plight of the children of Israel
a) Israel was living in Canaan
b) A great famine had struck
i) It was like a desert land
ii) A wasteland
iii) A howling wilderness
c) Jacob had to send his sons to Egypt to buy food
- The children of Israel in the land of Egypt
a) Joseph provided for his brothers and families
b) It was God who hovered over the children of Israel after Joseph’s death
i) He encircled them (His presence was always with the people)
ii) He instructed them (through Moses)
c) He kept them as the apple of His eye
i) Egypt was plagued
ii) Israel was spared
- Out of the land of Egypt
a) He stirred up the nest where the young eagles were nesting
b) He brought out the children of Israel out of Egypt
c) The LORD alone led them from Egypt to the Promised Land of Canaan
THE HAND OF GOD
It is wonderful to trace the hand of God in the history of Israel. If we look carefully, we can also see the unmistakable hand of the Lord in our life too. May we stand in awe of how the Lord has protected us and provided for us!