Words Fixed?

The world is still reeling from the presidential debate this past Thursday night in Atlanta. Wow. But as big a news story as that was, I am not going to be writing about it today. You're welcome.

Instead, I was reminded during my reading about who is really in charge in this world and just what we need to do to restore honor and respect to this country that we love so much. The solution is found in the Book of Deuteronomy, chapter 11. Here's a summary:

1. Love the Lord your God. (v1)
2. Keep His requirements, His decrees, His laws, and His commands. Always. (v1)
3. Observe all the commands. (v8)
4. Love the Lord your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul. (v13)
5. Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other Gods and bow down to them. (v16)
6. Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds. (v18)
7. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. (v18)
8. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (v19)
9. Write them on your doorframes of your houses and on your gates. (V20)

Verse 22 then says this:

"If you carefully observe all these commands.  . ."

Yes, all these things listed above are COMMANDS from God. How are we doing with those commands? And notice that God says ALL.

I'm thinking that I'm at about 50%, on a good day. Do I have any Bible verses written on my doorframes? Anywhere? Uhh....

Are we teaching God's Word to our children? God is telling US to teach them, not pass it off to a pastor or Sunday school teacher.

IF we do ALL of these things, God tells us that we WILL be blessed. Otherwise, if we don't, we WILL be cursed.

Turn these nine commands from God into a daily to-do list. Can we check all the boxes each and every day? Probably not. That's why we're all still sinners. But we CAN try.

And then we can thank God for Jesus, "who takes away the sins of the world."

Deuteronomy 11