Prior
to his final admonition, Deuteronomy 32:44-47 said that Moses and Joshua
recited the words of the song to the children of Israel. Moses then admonished
them to take the words of the law given to them seriously. He told them to take
to heart what the law had prescribed and be careful to observe them. The law he
asserted was not futile but profitable words. How long they would remain in the
promised land would be contingent on their obedience to the law.
The
essence of these verses emphasizes the importance of God’s Word and the need to
be careful to observe them. To do so, we need to take these verses as God’s
call to make time to know His Word. We need to be careful to examine His
Word and accurately interpret it. Not only that, but we must also seek to act
on the principles that the Holy Spirit will help to illuminate to us.
It
is one thing to know what God is saying to us but quite another to obey it.
Obedience is both a habit and an attitude that needs to be cultivated. We see
this in the example of Jesus. From Hebrew 5:8, we are told that He learned
obedience through the hardship He was made to go through. Hence, one must
seek to develop obedience through the daily experiences of one’s life.
Furthermore, obedience also demands a willingness on our part. We deduce
this from Isaiah 1:19. While it was a promise to the people of God then, it
serves as a reminder to us today. It says, “If you are willing and obey, you
shall eat the best of the land.” To be willing suggests the yielding of one’s
will to God and the leading of His Spirit. When we surrender to God
by acting on His Word, we shall prosper in our journey with Him. Our part is to
obey, the outcome is God’s responsibility. It is said that the best way to
learn obedience is to obey. Let’s be God’s obedient people.
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