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Lent - Day 5, Sunday

The daily readings for today are:
Psalms 63, 98, & 103 Deut 8:1-10 1 Cor 1:17-31 Mark 2:18-22

In my readings today I have great affinity for Deuteronomy 8.

Deuteronomy 8:1-10 (NASB)
1 "All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to give to your forefathers.
2 "You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
3 "He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.
4 "Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.
5 "Thus you are to know in your heart that the Lord your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.
6 "Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.
7 "For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;
8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey;
9 a land where you will eat food without scarcity, in which you will not lack anything; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.
10 "When you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you.

I can't help but read over and over again in the passage of God's ways of weakness. He "led" them. He "tested" them. He "fed" them. He "disciplined" them. All of this was "humbling", a sure sign of teachability, of a willingness to stop and pay attention to what is going on around us.
It is foolish to live in such a way that ignores the signposts of the journey of life. God is active, that is what Moses is saying. He is not a passive God who ignores his people; and he is involved in such a way that we "live" by His word, and we experience His provisions, and as well his provisions...not necessarily the material ones, but the ones that lead back to praise.

"Father, we have eaten of your word, and eaten of your provisions; and we bless you. We honor you, glorify your name, and say thank you for all that is ours because of your favor and grace. In Jesus' name, amen."

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