March 6: Deuteronomy 4:5-9

Key Verse: Deuteronomy 4:9
Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.

Devotion:
Have you thought about the wars which are happening around the world today? Have you tried to find an answer to why they are happening and where God is in all this war? It is difficult to try and find the pace and forgiveness we talk about with God when there is war going on instead; but God is everywhere!

We can read all about what God was trying to do with the people of Israel from the Old Testament and try to figure things out in this modern world, but we will come up against many things which we will still struggle to understand. Why? Because people are involved and where people are involved we get a very slanted view on things instead of the will of God like we do from the bible.

God wanted to be able to give His chosen people some good land and a place to live which they could call their own. Obviously someone is going to lose out if God is taking land away from someone to give to another – but He was doing this knowing the Israelites should be remembering why they were given the land and live in the love and mercy of God.

It is that truth of God’s love and mercy we should be remembering to find out why they got the land. Unfortunately when we look at things nowadays we find a lot of people fighting over things which are not Godly. We find a lot of pride and greed going on instead of the love and grace God was trying to teach them.

Points to Ponder:
What has God allowed you to have in your life?

Will you always remember God even when you are rich?