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.
Deuteronomy 7:9
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This week, here on the Seeking Him devotional blog, we have been so encouraged as we meditated on this wonderful verse! Our devotional writers have shared the Truth given us in this week’s passage reminding us that our God ‘is the faithful God…keeping His covenant of love…’ Here are a few of their thoughts….
In Faithful God, Ann wrote about the incredible love and relationship that God had with the children of Israel….
It shows God’s gracious gift based on His love and mercy for rewarding the Israelites with faithfulness. Moses warned the Israelites that continued possession of the land would be contingent on their perseverance in faith and in obedience to God. If the Israelites became wicked like the Canaanites they, too, would be dispossessed of the land. In other words, His love and mercy in His giving of the land was not unconditional. If the people turned away from the Lord and forgot His word they, too, would surely perish.
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In Don’t Complain…Instead Know That I Am God, Ahmee reminded us of the complaining attitude of the Israelites ….
God decides when we are ready for something. But often how we choose to look at our circumstances effects how long something takes. The Israelites complained and complained and complained. {They loved to do them some complaining!}
- Numbers 11:1a says, “Now the people complained about their hardships…”
- Exodus 15:24a says, “So the people grumbled…”
- Exodus 16:2a says, “In the desert the whole community grumbled…”
- Exodus 17:2a says, “So they quarreled…”
From all the complaining they did, one would have never guessed that God would free them from captivity. I mean, that’s kind of big! …Yet, and still, they complained. Here’s the deal: God doesn’t forget His promises. Solomon said it this way,
…O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth –
You who keep Your covenant of love with Your servants
who continue wholeheartedly in Your way.
2 Chronicles 6:14We don’t need to complain…God has done so many things for us, why not focus on those things rather than the things that are wrong.
