Numbers 32:20-Deuteronomy 7:26
This day's reading is rich with prophecies, promises, warnings, and covenants from God.
As most people know Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 11:13-21, and Numbers 15:37-41 make up the Shema, a Jewish prayer performed once in the morning and once in the evening. Even though we have continual access to the Father, it might be a practice worth adopting. Remember that our prayers are a way for us to align with God's will.
6:4-7 "Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is One. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."
External Link: The Shema in Hebrew, Transliteration, and English.
http://www.jewfaq.org/prayer/shema.htm
There was another passage that I impressed upon me about the continuity of God's Plan of Redemption and His character.
It was Deuteronomy 7:9-11. Specifically, verse 9: "Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; He is the faithful God, keeping His covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commands."
We hear are lot about judgment, the holiness of God, and the covenant of the Law in the Old Testatment. And those are all part of God's character. But the way that God deals with His creation has been the same since the very beginning. It is first and foremost a covenant of love. A covenant of relational love between God and those who keep His commands. A covenant of love that disciplines disobedience and blesses obedience. Maybe that's another verse we should remember in our prayers.
He is always faithful to keep His covenant of love with you. Now that's a promise to hold on to.
