Read: Deut. 10-12
Moses has been rehashing their history so they won’t forget what God has done for them. They are reminded once again to tell their children their story of what God did for their people. They were the Torah to their kids. These stories were to be their night time stories they told be fore they went to sleep. Praises to God were to be the first thing they were to hear when they woke up. They were to talk about the Lord as they went about their daily work. God’s words were to be written on the doorposts of their houses. Everywhere, there was to be reminders and things that sparked conversation about their God and what he had done for them. Not only were they to talk about the mighty deliverance the Lord gave them but also the judgment he poured out on those who disobeyed. They needed to know his goodness and his judgment. They were to know who they were in God’s heart.
The adults were to remind themselves by keeping God’s word tied on their hands and worn on their foreheads. That is why you see Jewish men in Israel wearing little black boxes tied around their forehead and straps wrapped around their arms. These phylacteries carry rolled up paper of scripture in the boxes and the meticulous way they tied the straps around their arms represented scripture. The scripture is Deuteronomy 6:4-9 which says that God is the only god and their Lord. It said that they promised to tell this to their children and teach them to love God with all their hearts.
God gave them the choice between a blessing and a curse. It seems like a no-brainer to us but they chose the curse. We can choose the blessing.
We are to remember what God has done for us and tell these stories to our children and grandchildren. We are to show them the joy of loving God and having him as our Lord.
Lord, we choose to obey you and love you with all our heart. We will teach your Word to our children and train them to love you also.
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