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Monday... There is so much ahead for us. So much!


Deuteronomy 31:8 (NLT), "Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you."

Monday... There is so much ahead for us. So much!

Look at these words. Moses at 120 years of age wrote them. The children of Israel were just about to go over the Jordan River into their Promised Land so in Deuteronomy 31:8 (NLT) Moses writes, "Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you." 


Yes, Moses knew what he was talking about. He had brought them out of Egypt and through the desert for 40 years. Now if they would have lived by God's commands it would have been shorter but they didn't so their fathers and mothers were not allowed to continue and even Moses wasn't going to go. He had some wavering in there and he suffered the consequences.  

Now Solomon over in Proverbs 1 gives some very good advice. Verse 7 (AMP) says, "The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence]; But arrogant fools despise [skillful and godly] wisdom and instruction and self-discipline."

Back in Deuteronomy 11:13-15 Moses says, "If you carefully obey the commands I am giving you today, and if you love the Lord your God and serve him with all your heart and soul, then he will send rains in their proper seasons - the early and later rains - so you can bring in your harvests of grain, new wine, and olive oil. He will give you lush pasture land for your livestock, and you yourself will have all you want to eat."

But then verse 16 says, "But be careful. Don't let your heart be deceived so that your turn away from the Lord and serve and worship other gods."

Now the key was, "If you carefully obey the commands... then he will."

Yes, there is so much ahead of us. So much if we carefully obey the commands that the Lord gives us. Let's remember, "The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence] and that 'the Lord will personally go ahead of you." Again, there is so much ahead for us. So much! "If you carefully obey the commands... then he will." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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