Deuteronomy 9:4-12 (New International Version)
4 After the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, "The LORD has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness." No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is going to drive them out before you. 5 It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness of these nations, the LORD your God will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 6 Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
7 Remember this and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God to anger in the desert. From the day you left Egypt until you arrived here, you have been rebellious against the LORD. 8 At Horeb you aroused the LORD's wrath so that he was angry enough to destroy you. 9 When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water. 10 The LORD gave me two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God. On them were all the commandments the LORD proclaimed to you on the mountain out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.
11 At the end of the forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant. 12 Then the LORD told me, "Go down from here at once, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt. They have turned away quickly from what I commanded them and have made a cast idol for themselves."
Wow. Technology is a good thing. So many people, when I google, have something wonderful to say about Deuteronomy 9. God’s message is so encouraging. We don’t deserve it, we can’t sustain deserving it, and God wants to overwhelmingly bless us.
When we believe Jesus is Lord, when we let His grace live in our lives, we are adopted in by Jesus Christ to being the chosen people of God.
Googling is a good thing. Some people just don’t love Deuteronomy; this portion of the bible lets us know we are a mess. Funny, I don’t see it as anything less than a blessing.
Deuteronomy sounds like parenting to me. When I was 6, I lost one (just one, mind you) very expensive and brand new shoe in a construction sand pile. The shoe loss occurred during a visit to a new friend, where I had never visited before. My mother attempted to recover the shoe, but the new mother, we didn’t know, shrugged, and said she needed to leave to go to an appointment. I could tell my mother was unhappy and it was promised to be a discussion with my dad when he returned home. The discussion said I should take better care of my belongings, not leave them somewhere haphazardly to be picked up later. I was told they knew I could be careful, I’d be receiving a new pair of shoes & they knew I’d take better care of the next shoes.
My parents did not shrug and say let’s get another pair of shoes tomorrow. They didn’t hug me and say what a sweet precious, of course, you need new shoes. It was a lesson on how to get a long in life. Learn from your mistakes.
What does it look like to be God’s chosen people? God has a passion for holiness; all of the law is to teach us how to live life. God’s people should want to love and choose Him. God chose to love us and He fulfills His promises to us.
What does it look like to let God know we choose Him? Today, I read about a family who reads the Scriptures, every day, they each pick a verse of what they read to write down and think about. We see God’s word with faith. We love the Lord our God with all of our heart and soul. Love our neighbor as ourself. We call upon Jesus Christ to save us with His forgiveness.
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4 After the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, "The LORD has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness." No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is going to drive them out before you. 5 It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness of these nations, the LORD your God will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 6 Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
7 Remember this and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God to anger in the desert. From the day you left Egypt until you arrived here, you have been rebellious against the LORD. 8 At Horeb you aroused the LORD's wrath so that he was angry enough to destroy you. 9 When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water. 10 The LORD gave me two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God. On them were all the commandments the LORD proclaimed to you on the mountain out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.
11 At the end of the forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant. 12 Then the LORD told me, "Go down from here at once, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt. They have turned away quickly from what I commanded them and have made a cast idol for themselves."
Wow. Technology is a good thing. So many people, when I google, have something wonderful to say about Deuteronomy 9. God’s message is so encouraging. We don’t deserve it, we can’t sustain deserving it, and God wants to overwhelmingly bless us.
When we believe Jesus is Lord, when we let His grace live in our lives, we are adopted in by Jesus Christ to being the chosen people of God.
Googling is a good thing. Some people just don’t love Deuteronomy; this portion of the bible lets us know we are a mess. Funny, I don’t see it as anything less than a blessing.
Deuteronomy sounds like parenting to me. When I was 6, I lost one (just one, mind you) very expensive and brand new shoe in a construction sand pile. The shoe loss occurred during a visit to a new friend, where I had never visited before. My mother attempted to recover the shoe, but the new mother, we didn’t know, shrugged, and said she needed to leave to go to an appointment. I could tell my mother was unhappy and it was promised to be a discussion with my dad when he returned home. The discussion said I should take better care of my belongings, not leave them somewhere haphazardly to be picked up later. I was told they knew I could be careful, I’d be receiving a new pair of shoes & they knew I’d take better care of the next shoes.
My parents did not shrug and say let’s get another pair of shoes tomorrow. They didn’t hug me and say what a sweet precious, of course, you need new shoes. It was a lesson on how to get a long in life. Learn from your mistakes.
What does it look like to be God’s chosen people? God has a passion for holiness; all of the law is to teach us how to live life. God’s people should want to love and choose Him. God chose to love us and He fulfills His promises to us.
What does it look like to let God know we choose Him? Today, I read about a family who reads the Scriptures, every day, they each pick a verse of what they read to write down and think about. We see God’s word with faith. We love the Lord our God with all of our heart and soul. Love our neighbor as ourself. We call upon Jesus Christ to save us with His forgiveness.
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