The Word Is Very Near You

Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

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 Jordan to enter and possess.

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 30:11-20

What is God’s will for your life? For many, God’s will seems like a needle in a haystack. Hidden. Obscured by lookalikes. Outnumbered by counterfeits.

Our view of God’s will may be wrong because our view of God is wrong. God takes not pleasure seeing we are lost, wandering, searching. He wants us to know His will. He makes it clear, and He makes it simple. He doesn’t even give us multiple choice.

When Moses addressed the Israelites for the last time, he pleaded with them to make the right choice by observing the words of His law.

The evidence of God’s guidance can be seen more clearly

by looking back than by looking forward.

Our Daily Bread – April 6, 2014