Keep His Commands
Be
careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and
increase and may enter and possess the land the Lord
promised on oath to your ancestors. Remember how the Lord
your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and
test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep
his commands. He
humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which
neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live
on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during
these forty years. Know
then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
Observe
the commands of the Lord your God, walking in
obedience to him and revering him. For the Lord your God is bringing you
into a good land —a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out
into the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates,
olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing;
a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.
When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.
Deuteronomy 8:1-10
It costs not to regard the things God wants you to do. Sure, it is always your choice, but as you get older and wiser you will be reminded of how much easier it is when you listen and pray for guidance.
The process of following Christ means obedience over the long haul of your life.
God gives us humbling reminders of how vital it is to keep our hearts set on obeying Him – and to pay attention along the way.
To love God is to obey God.
Our
Daily Bread –