Seize the Moment – Day 622
Wholehearted Obedience!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, November 29.
Have you ever had to repeat yourself to ensure effective communication?
Deuteronomy 4 summarizes the purpose of Moses’ historical recap in the first chapters and provides a transition to the second giving of the Ten Commandments in chapter 5 and the Law in chapters 6-26. Deuteronomy 4:39-40 calls the people to a wholehearted obedience to God and His Law:
Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that the Lord, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other. So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am giving you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may live long on the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time.
Moses warned the people in verse 24: “For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.” Furthermore, he laid out the dangers of false worship and explained the consequences of idolatry in verses 25-28.
But there is hope for those who faithfully return to God with a whole heart! God’s mercy was promised in verses 29-31:
But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul. When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in the latter days you will return to the Lord your God and listen to His voice. For the Lord your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.
The key to experiencing the promises of God is wholehearted obedience—a return to God “with all of your heart and all of your soul.”
Seize the moment and be faithful to God!
God bless you!