June 8, 2010 (Deuteronomy 30-34, Psalm 91)

Today and every day, we all have a choice. Moses was reminding the people of this in Chapter 30:

¹⁹ “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! ²⁰You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the Lord, you will live long in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Moses was talking to the people who had seen the miracles of God - the parting of the Red Sea, the provision of manna, etc. etc. He realized how important it was for them to tell these stories to their children:

¹² Call them all together—men, women, children, and the foreigners living in your towns—so they may hear this Book of Instruction and learn to fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the terms of these instructions. ¹³ Do this so that your children who have not known these instructions will hear them and will learn to fear the Lord your God. Do this as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy.”

And then these verses from chapter 33. I've personalized one of them.

²⁶ “There is no one like the God of Israel.
He rides across the heavens to help you,
across the skies in majestic splendor.
²⁷ The eternal God is your refuge,
and his everlasting arms are under you.

²⁹ How blessed you are, Sandy!
Who else is like you, a people saved by the Lord?
He is your protecting shield
and your triumphant sword!