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Reminder of Why?

Today's reading is from Deuteronomy 3 & 4

If there is anything true about us is that we minimize the "real" stuff around us for the fake. We concentrate on the things that are minimal in importance while ignoring the bigger things of life. Why? We forget. Or as one southern preacher put it, "when it comes to God's spirit, we leak!"

When Moses begins to outline the importance of what he is sharing, he sets the stage with the big picture. He says in these chpts:

"What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him? And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?
Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them."

Let's get this: God is near...not afar. God has shared his heart with us so that we might know what life is suppose to be like. Don't forget. Teach them to the generations that come after us so they don't either.
It's not too complicated, it just requires "intentionality", "purpose", "focus".

"Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other. Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the lord your God gives you for all time."

Acknowledge....it means to give our hearts to it. Not just mental assent, but the agreement in our soul and spirit that this is true. God is the God of heaven above, and he dwells among us as the people of God. Pass it on to your children...it's the most important thing they can receive - a spiritual inheritance.

Peace
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