The LORD Is
Your Life
See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death
and destruction. For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands,
decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to
possess.
But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient,
and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, I
declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live
long in the land you are crossing the
This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses
against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.
Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and
that you may love the Lord
your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land
he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 30:15-20
As children we are often disobedient to our parents,
and they remind us of the rules of living in their home. As adults, we can also
be disobedient, but this time we can be disobedient to God.
The cost of living in the Promised Land was one thing:
obedience. In his final address to the nation, Moses reminded the people that
the blessings God wanted to give them depended on their obedience.
Some people think the Bible has too many rules. But
the reality is quite different. God’s commands are for our own good; they allow
us to live in peace with one another. Obedience is simply the “cost” of being
part of God’s family on this glorious globe He created and allows us to call
home.
The Bible is not a burden but a guide to joy-filled
living.
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