Deuteronomy 5:29
Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!
Tag: God’s Desire
God has an “oh” moment!! In the above passage God, through Moses, is expressing His desire for Israel. In the margins of most Bibles we an see several references of God wishing Israel would have a hearts desire to want to seek God and follow His Word. Note a couple:
Psalms 81:13-14
Oh, that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!
I would soon subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.
Isaiah 48:18-19
Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments!
Then your peace would have been like a river,
and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;
your offspring would have been like the sand,
and your descendants like its grains;
their name would never be cut off
or destroyed from before me.”
Notice the blessing that follows obedience. God is always willing to bless obedience to His Word. He wants to bless us. Obedience to His Word is the avenue of blessing. But, God’s desire is for that to happen. Notice what Jesus similarly said:
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
Notice each time, in God’s desire for Israel to obey, He offers a blessing, a promise. God WILL NOT forsake those who seek His Word and obey it. He will bless us.
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