“You shall therefore love the LORD your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always. And consider today (since I am not speaking to your children who have not known or seen it), consider the discipline of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand and his outstretched arm, his signs and his deeds that he did in Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land, and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and to their chariots, how he made the water of the Red Sea flow over them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD has destroyed them to this day, and what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came to this place, and what he did to Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, son of Reuben, how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel. For your eyes have seen all the great work of the LORD that he did.
Consider the great things God has done. The book of Deuteronomy is the “second writing of the Law.” It is written for the new generation that was born during the wilderness wandering. Those who were redeemed out of Egypt did not follow God’s commands and all but Moses, Caleb and Joshua are now left, with those who were born during those forty-years. Most of the miracles mentioned in the above verses, were not actually seen by some of those Moses is now writing to in this book. This is why Moses is bringing God’s greatness to their attention. The last line says, “for your eyes of seen all the great work of the Lord that he did.” God destroyed those who were 20 years old and upward. So, those who are now older were but children when they saw these miracles and the greatness of God. Moses does not want them to forget what God has done for them. When we are faced with a challenge (like entering the Promise Land and going to battle for it), we should recall the great acts that God has already done. That gives us the strength and faith to endure the current challenges we face.
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