Our Daily Bread
Day 9 of 30
- David McCasland
My wife purchased a birthday card containing these words from a paraphrase: "The Lord has rejoiced over you and has done such wonderful things for you" (Deut. 28:63 tlb). It was such a beautiful thought that she turned to the passage to read more.
She found that the words printed on the card were only part of one sentence in a section where God warned His people what would happen if they turned away from Him and disobeyed His commands. The entire verse reads, "Just as the Lord has rejoiced over you and has done such wonderful things for you and has multiplied you, so the Lord at that time will rejoice in destroying you; and you shall disap- pear from the land" (Deut. 28:63 tlb).
Now that would be an unusual birthday greeting!
The experience reminded me how easy it is to select pleasant phrases from the Bible while ignoring their context and meaning. Today's passage is a warning from God to His people. It is worth pondering for what it is-an expression of certainty as firm in the spiritual realm as the law of gravity in the physical realm.
The Bible contains words of encouragement as well as words of warning. It's important to appreciate both for their instruction in our walk with Christ.
God's Word provides the nourishment
That every Christian needs to grow;
Supplying strength from day to day
By teaching what we need to know.
-Sper
The more we meditate on the Scriptures, the closer we'll walk with the Savior.
Deuteronomy 28:58-63
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— 59 the Lord will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses. 60 He will bring on you all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded, and they will cling to you. 61 The Lord will also bring on you every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed. 62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left but few in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God. 63 Just as it pleased the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
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