Deut. 31:12: Assemble
the people--men, women and children, and the aliens living in your
towns--so they can listen and learn to fear the Lord your God and follow
carefully all the words of this law (NIV).
Moses was very clear about the obligation of the Israelites to be
people devoted to God's words, and he instructed the people to pass that
knowledge down from parents to children. Although the God of Israel
could not be seen, He spoke through His Word. In contrast, the people of
the nations surrounding the Israelites worshipped man-made idols that
could be seen, but could not speak, because they were lifeless.
Moses warned the people about turning away from the words of the living
God and worshipping dead idols. He knew that they were inclined to
worship by sight, rather than by faith. As we know, the Israelites did turn and worship other gods, and God used the Assyrian and Babylonian armies to discipline them.
Like the Israelites, we are presented with a choice each and every day.
Will we live by faith in that which is unseen or chase after the
lifeless idols of earthly success?
When we worship material things, we are living by sight and not by faith.
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