Monday, November 5, 2012

God gives a life time guarantee - Deuteronomy 10-12

When God gives you stuff He is the one who watches over it.  When we obey Him and He gives us stuff that is called His blessings; and with His blessings comes protection and His watchful eye as well.  Israel was preparing to enter the "promise land."   God was going to dispossess those He allowed to be "caretakers" of the land until His people showed up to take possession.   He promises the nation that if they trust and obey they would be blessed with this land and that HE would watch over the land like He watched of them.  Note the following in regards to God's promise that came along with the land:

 Deuteronomy 11:12
... a land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning even to the end of the year.

We all like guarantees.  We like to know that the stuff we buy comes with some assurance it will last, or be replaced if it doesn't last.   We even keep paper receipts to make sure that the provider of the property keeps their word on the guarantee.   If something even looks wrong we clutch that little piece of paper in our hands like a golden ticket.   This verse in Moses words to Israel was their receipt that the property was going to good to the end.   God was going to watch over their land and care for it "from the beginning even to the end".   Yes, the guarantee came with the condition that they obey God as they walked through the land, but it was a guarantee none-the-less.   It wasn't based upon a tattered and torn and worn out piece of paper.  It was based upon the promise and character of God.   You might lose your receipt but God's Word held this promise secure.   It is still secure today for the nation if they would only obey His Word.  

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