Verse of the Day 6/20

Through the Bible - Jeremiah 40-42, Matthew 27:27-50   

 

Good morning,

Last week I was out in California and Denver on business, but while I was there I was also able to enjoy and appreciate God's creation and how He has blessed our country.

After returning home, this weekend a devotional brought me to Deuteronomy chapter 8 where I read:

 

^{Deut. 8:6} "So obey the commands of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and fearing him. ⁷ For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land of flowing streams and pools of water, with fountains and springs that gush out in the valleys and hills. ⁸ It is a land of wheat and barley; of grapevines, fig trees, and pomegranates; of olive oil and honey.⁹ It is a land where food is plentiful and nothing is lacking. It is a land where iron is as common as stone, and copper is abundant in the hills. ¹⁰ When you have eaten your fill, be sure to praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you."  NLT

 

In the Sacramento area I saw how the fields were being irrigated, aided by the melting snows in the mountains from the previous winter and spring, I saw the vines around Lodi thriving from these waters, I saw the elk feeding in the valleys that were lush with growth in the mountains of Colorado.  How thankful we should be that we are so blessed to live in this country.

For today's verse we'll go to Deuteronomy 8 for a couple of verses that should be a reminder to us as individuals and as a country, that it is God who has brought us to where we are.

Deuteronomy 8:17-18Amplified Bible (AMP)  And beware lest you say in your [mind and] heart, My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.

 

¹⁸But you shall [earnestly] remember the Lord your God, for it is He Who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

 

Let us not forget to thank God for all of His blessings, how He has provided for us as a nation and as individuals. Let us show or thanks by walking in His ways and following where He leads us.  

 

 Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

 

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

 

In Christ,
Mike

 

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Deuteronomy 8:11-20

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹¹ "Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, ¹² lest—when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; ¹³ and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; ¹⁴ when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; ¹⁵ who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock; ¹⁶ who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end— ¹⁷ then you say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.' 
¹⁸ "And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. ¹⁹ Then it shall be, if you by any means forget the LORD your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. ²⁰ As the nations which the LORD destroys before you, so you shall perish, because you would not be obedient to the voice of the LORD your God.