Deuteronomy 11:1-7 Click here for Bible Verses
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Today’s passage is Deuteronomy 11:1-7. Let’s go!
Deuteronomy 11:1-7 (NIV)
1 Love the LORD your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.
2 Remember today that your children were not the ones who saw and experienced the discipline of the LORD your God: his majesty, his mighty hand, his outstretched arm;
3 the signs he performed and the things he did in the heart of Egypt, both to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his whole country;
4 what he did to the Egyptian army, to its horses and chariots, how he overwhelmed them with the waters of the Red Sea as they were pursuing you, and how the LORD brought lasting ruin on them.
5 It was not your children who saw what he did for you in the desert until you arrived at this place,
6 and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth right in the middle of all Israel and swallowed them up with their households, their tents and every living thing that belonged to them.
7 But it was your own eyes that saw all these great things the LORD has done.
On verses 1-11: In Deuteronomy 11:2, Moses reminds the current generation of Israelites that there were miracles, blessings and lessons that God had shown them which their kids had not seen. He emphasizes it again in verses 5-7: “It was not your children who saw what he did for you… But it was your own eyes that saw all these great things the LORD has done.”
What is Moses getting at? He’s implying that the current generation of Israelites have a responsibility to tell the next generation about the incredible miracles, blessings and lessons God had shown them.
It reminds me of a game that we sometimes play in small groups called telephone charades. In a nutshell: people are trying to guess a secret message you’re trying to communicate to them through your actions. The hope is that your actions are clear enough that those watching you get the right message and can pass it on to others.
After we played that game, I thought to myself: what kind of picture do I show to others about who God is? When others see me — especially those whom God has placed in my care — do they see a clear and accurate picture of what Jesus is like? I pray that I would not confuse them, but that through my actions and words, I would paint for others a clear and compelling picture of who God is in my life. I’ll never get it perfectly, but I pray that what my family, my church, my friends, my co-workers, my neighbours, and others get from me is a picture worth passing on to others.
I pray the same for you: through your words and actions, may people catch a clear, compelling and accurate picture of how awesome and loving Jesus is.
Father, through my words and actions, I pray that I would help those around me catch a clear, accurate, and compelling picture of how awesome and loving You are. In Jesus’ name, AMEN!
