I've read the Bible many times but missed this story.
May we have ears to hear the words coming from the Mountain of Blessings.
We know not the Story unless we read it daily to learn.
We know not the Story unless we read it daily to learn.
Some of us end up in marriages that we would not have chosen had we not been swept away by the moments of our youth ~ #nofavorintheireyes. Deut 24:1. Maybe it was the Providential Hand of God that He placed you in the marriage you are in---like Hosea, who married beneath him. Maybe it is our own sinful choices, lustful choices, even ignorant choices that landed us where we lay our heads this night. Don't bring sin upon your family ~ Deut 24:4. Whether it's Providence or our own sin, we all have opportunity to bear our own burdens rather than give in to sin. We can find a rest we know not, no matter the circumstance. God's Divine Power enables us by Grace Upon Grace to sanctify the crosses we bear. God's Matchless Grace supports us---Underneath are His Loving Arms. God's Comforting Spirit teaches and reproves and provides the way for us to better learn how to obey in the midst of distance and difficulties. God will make this marraige more tolerable---He changes us, not just our spouse. We have the Written Word of God. We worship the Living Word! The Word meets Prayer and that changes everything for us ~ Deut 27:5. No secret formula here, just a life lived surrendered, sold out. This blessing from Moses in Deut 27:9 becomes the cry of our hearts: "Keep silence and hear, O Israel, this day you have become the people of the LORD your God. You shall therefore obey the Voice of the LORD your God, keeping His commandments."
PRAYER FROM PSALMS
O God, Please bless those of us who fear You, both the small and the great.
God, give increase to all of us and to all of our children.
Creator of heaven & earth, bless us all.
We will bless the LORD.
Ps 115:13-14
OVERVIEW: Deuteronomy 24-27
Various and sundry laws. Blessings and curses.
ReplyDeleteBound by laws, or wrapped in liberty? I was talking yesterday with a friend and we realized so many of us get caught in the legalism of religiosity. We have a long list of "can'ts" but fail to remember the freedom, that Christ came to set us free.
Certainly, rules are important and lend order and integrity to a society. But freedom comes when we inevitably will fail and need grace. We will fail. There is a binding of liberty we enjoy today. Free to enjoy a wide open space because of Jesus, all within the confines of His loving boundaries.