REVERE THE LORD YOUR GOD
Keywords 28:58
If you do not carefully
follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not
revere this glorious and awesome name--the LORD your God-
1. You did not serve God joyfully and gladly (36-48)
The curses would
extend from individuals and households to the entire nation, starting from
their king and wrecking the economy. Foreigners in their land would prosper
over them. We live in the time of God’s blessing; he wants us to serve him
joyfully and gladly, not taking advantage of his blessings.
2. Just as it
pleased the LORD…. (49-68)
Verses 49-57 eerily
foretell the horror Israel and Judah will face, even the eating of their own
children while under siege, when they were later taken away to captivity in
Assyria and Babylon, respectively. These curses were given ahead of time as a
warning and written in the book of the law, which all the people willingly
agreed to keep. But when they took God for granted, no longer revering his
glorious and awesome name, God’s curses came. As God can bless, he can also
curse. These things happened as a sign and a wonder to every generation, even
to us, as a motivation to revere him, who jealously loves us.
Prayer Father, you are
glorious, awesome, and full of mercy. As I remember the grace of Jesus’ cross,
help me revere you as holy each day.
One Word Fear of God leads to careful obedience
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