Fri.’s Devo - Choose This Day

Read: Deuteronomy 29:1-30:20; Luke 11:37-12:7; Psalm 78:1-31; Proverbs 12:19-20
Moses called the people together to remind them of their past with the Lord. He reminded them of how God provided for them in the wilderness and helped them to defeat their enemies. If they would worship him and obey his commands then they would prosper in the new land he was giving them. If they refused to obey his commands then they would be uprooted from the land and taken to another land where they would be slaves.
He started his speech out telling them that after everything the Lord had done for them, they didn’t have a mind to understand or eyes to see or hears to hear the Lord. He told them in the middle that God reveals his secrets to his children if they can catch it. He ends with telling them to choose what they want - the curses or the blessings - life or death.
We all know they chose the curse and death, but God gave them a “way back” clause. All they had to do was to return and he would shift them from the curses to the blessings.
In Luke, Jesus had just nailed the Pharisees for their rituals of washing and tithing when their hearts were so corrupt. They told Jesus that what he told them offended them so he continued to list their offenses. (I would have loved to have been there to see their faces.) The experts of the law were responsible for showing the people who God was but instead, they showed them how impossible it was for them to come to God because they were so unclean. The Pharisees were all talk, no heart. They looked good on the outside but Jesus knew their hearts.
They left mad and more determined than ever to shut Jesus up and catch him in a lie. The followers of Jesus, however, were growing and growing in number. Jesus knew what was in the heart of the Pharisees so he tried to prepare his disciples for the persecution he knew was coming for them.
This same persecution may one day come to us. We need to remember that we overcome by the blood of the lamb, the word of our testimony and that we love our lives not unto death. Death is victory for a Christian!
Lord, give us a heart to understand your revelation and truth. We choose this day to walk with you.

Read: Deuteronomy 29:1-30:20; Luke 11:37-12:7; Psalm 78:1-31; Proverbs 12:19-20
Moses called the people together to remind them of their past with the Lord. He reminded them of how God provided for them in the wilderness and helped them to defeat their enemies. If they would worship him and obey his commands then they would prosper in the new land he was giving them. If they refused to obey his commands then they would be uprooted from the land and taken to another land where they would be slaves.
He started his speech out telling them that after everything the Lord had done for them, they didn’t have a mind to understand or eyes to see or hears to hear the Lord. He told them in the middle that God reveals his secrets to his children if they can catch it. He ends with telling them to choose what they want - the curses or the blessings - life or death.
We all know they chose the curse and death, but God gave them a “way back” clause. All they had to do was to return and he would shift them from the curses to the blessings.
In Luke, Jesus had just nailed the Pharisees for their rituals of washing and tithing when their hearts were so corrupt. They told Jesus that what he told them offended them so he continued to list their offenses. (I would have loved to have been there to see their faces.) The experts of the law were responsible for showing the people who God was but instead, they showed them how impossible it was for them to come to God because they were so unclean. The Pharisees were all talk, no heart. They looked good on the outside but Jesus knew their hearts.
They left mad and more determined than ever to shut Jesus up and catch him in a lie. The followers of Jesus, however, were growing and growing in number. Jesus knew what was in the heart of the Pharisees so he tried to prepare his disciples for the persecution he knew was coming for them.
This same persecution may one day come to us. We need to remember that we overcome by the blood of the lamb, the word of our testimony and that we love our lives not unto death. Death is victory for a Christian!
Lord, give us a heart to understand your revelation and truth. We choose this day to walk with you.