Seize the Moment – Day 624

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01
Dec '21

Seize the Moment – Day 624

Posted on Dec 1, 2021 by Jerry Ingalls in Devotions, General |

01
Dec '21

Treasure the Shema in your Heart!

Deuteronomy 6

 

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, December 1.

 

What do you treasure in your heart?

 

The Shema is the central confession of Judaism. It is found in Deuteronomy 6:4-5, at the beginning of the “second giving” of the Law:
 
“Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”

 

In Mark 12:29-30, Jesus gives the Shema as the greatest commandment of the Law:
 
“The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The LORD our God is one Lord; and you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength’” (cf. Matthew 22:37; Luke 10:27).

 

Did you know that Jesus was quoting Deuteronomy 6? We must frame our understanding of Jesus’ teaching with a thorough reading of the Old Testament, which is why I am committing three years of my early mornings, day in and day out, to study and write these devotionals. So that you will treasure in your heart the Word of Truth, that you may not sin against God (Psalm 119:11). Moses commanded this of the Shema in verses 6-9:

 

These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

 

Seize the moment and make prominent in your life the Word of Truth so that you may know it, apply it, and pray it throughout your day. This is the way of victory!

God bless you!

 
 
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