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Monday, May 24, 2010

Caution in the Calm (Deut. 6:10-12)

Deuteronomy 6:10-12
10 “And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—with great and good cities jthat you did not build, 11 and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—and when you eat and are full, 12 then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
English standard version. (Dt 6:10-12).

8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that is needful for me,
9 lest I be full and deny you
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
and profane the name of my God.
English standard version(Pr 30:8-9)

I am currently in transition between the end of school and an internship. This is a very easy place for me to be because I have no pressing responsibilities and I an in no particular strife or life challenge. Especially today it has been pressing on me how frustrating it has been this last week to stay on task and to stay diligent both the the tasks I should be doing while at home for these two weeks and in keeping my diligence in devotions and obedience to Christ. It escapes me how this passage came to mind, but it did so.

I am blessed with the ability to spend these two weeks between school and the internship at my parents house, but I believe as is stated in the passages above dangers come when we are in easy life circumstances and it is of utmost importance that we continue to press on in diligence during these times. Israel was warned that when they were brought into the land and were provided for, they were to 'take care' unless they forget God. When things are good, it is easiest to forget that we are dependent on God.

It seems that when I am in times of trial and challenge calling on God happens almost by itself because it is clear that I am not perfect and need Him. On the other hand when things are good and I have all that I 'need' it becomes all to easy to forget the one who gave the blessings. That is the very reason God told the Israelites to be careful and to constantly be remembering God and His promises (Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Joshua 1:8, Psalm 1:2).

I urge you, along with myself to take heed to this warning and to take care in both hard times and easy times to remember to be obedient and diligent to remember and dwell in the promises of God.

For the King,
~Andrew Voigt
5/24/10

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