Thursday, April 6, 2017

Thurs.’s Devo - Hidden Things Revealed

Read: Deuteronomy 29:1-30:20; Luke 11:37-12:7; Psalm 78:1-31; Proverbs 12:19-20
At Sinai, God betrothed himself to the Jewish people. The law was the marriage contract. The people broke the contract over and over even though God proved himself to be a great provider and to always be with them. God gave them manna and water. Their clothes did not wear out or their sandals. God fought for them and helped them defeat Sihon and Og and He brought them to the land He had promised them. Yet they broke their covenant with the Lord.
He was now asking this new generation to enter into his marriage contract. If they accepted the contract then decided to go their own way they would bring disaster on themselves. His sin would bring a curse on the land. If they returned to the Lord with all their hearts and soul then God would restore their fortunes and have compassion on them and gather them back together. Then the curses that had fallen on them would be put on their enemies. Today, he was asking them to choose the blessings or the curses - life or death.
In the midst of all that he put a very important nugget found in 29:29 which is, “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.” God does have secrets but he also has revelation that is for us if we will search it out.
Jesus told his disciples that man had no secrets. Everything they tried to hide would one day be open and made known. He was specifically speaking to the scribes and Pharisees who were so concerned with looking righteous when inside they were full of all kinds of wickedness and self-centeredness.
Psalms 78 says that God would teach in parables but the hidden things would be revealed to the children of God so they could pass them on to the next generation.
Lord, reveal to us your hidden treasures that we might know you better.

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