Today you have obtained the Lord’s agreement: to be your God; and for you to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, and his ordinances, and to obey him. 18Today the Lord has obtained your agreement: to be his treasured people, as he promised you. . .
Deuteronomy 26:17-18a
The Israelites are preparing to enter the promised land after 40 years (a long time) in the wilderness. They are being reminded of what God has promised them and what he expects of them. Sometimes I think we focus too much on the rules, what we ought to do and how we feel bad when we don’t do what we’re supposed to do. Then we forget what God’s promise is – to all of us. We will be his treasured people. In a time when earthly treasure is so much in peril, when relationships are often precarious, how nice to think of being treasured in all times and in all places. That makes doing God’s will much more about pleasing someone who holds us dear.
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