HIS VOICE DAILY DEVOTIONAL
SUNDAY, 2ND JULY 2023
TOPIC: THE COVENANT II
TEXT: DEUTERONOMY 4:13
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even Ten Commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. KJV
Yesterday, we started on the truth that God made a covenant with the children of Israel. Not with their Fathers but with them who was alive as at when the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai in flames of fire. He spoke, the people heard his voice and saw no similitude, only that they heard God's voice. (Deuteronomy 5:3-4, Exodus 4:12).
Moses, the man of God, put the people in remembrance of the efficacy embedded in the covenant God made with them, so that they will treasure their experience before God and also understand that all that is written in the book isn't just something to get by but are the ordinance of God to separate unto him a people for his inheritance.
Moses in his communication with the people, singled out the covenant in Horeb with the need for them to reverence God's words and teach their children to do the same. Let's read; "specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children". Deuteronomy 4:10 KJV
Moses said that in all the statutes, laws and judgement that he taught them, the experience at the Mount of Horeb is a significant one. There, God made the people to hear his words that they might learn to fear him and teach the same to their children. He further established that this words is the ten commandment. Let's read;
And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even Ten Commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. Deuteronomy 4:12-13 KJV
God initiated the meeting, he visited the people and spoke. They heard his words and he wrote them down with his fingers, gave it to Moses that the people might learn all that is written therein and know to fear the Lord. This is the embodiment of the covenant. Words written to reveal God's personality, his desires and his thoughts for his people.
Dear child of God do you understand that God's desire for you is to know him intimately? His covenant isn't a body of duties, rather it is the story of an Almighty God, who came down to speak to men whom he created in his image. His covenant is his love, kindness and mercy.
PRAYER
Lord, I ask that you open my eyes to behold the reality and truth of your relationship with me by the power of your Spirit, that I may learn to fear your name and adore your presence in my life in Jesus' name. Amen
Written by: Mopelola Oyeniran
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