God's Underlining System

"One Year Bible" Old Testament History Passage
Deuteronomy 29:1-30:20

"These are the words of the covenant which the Lord made with Moses ot make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which He made with them in Horeb.  Now Moses called all Israel and said to them, "You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharoah and to all his servants and to all his land...." Dt. 29:1-2 (NKJV)

The meaning of the title "Deuteronomy" is "second naming of the law."  Deutero- means "second."  Nomos means "law."    God UNDERLINES what He has already said.  As the children of Isreal gather at Moab (just across Jordan from the Promised Land), God says that he wants to REMIND them of what He has already told them.

He even goes further.  He says to them that they should remember what they have seen with their own eyes.  Remember the miracles that happened in Egypt as a part of their deliverance. 

God, in His grace, always UNDERLINES the important parts.  He reminds us.  He wants to be crystal clear about what He has said to us.  Like a good teacher, He keeps hammering home the lessons He wants us to learn.

Have you ever felt like a "slow learner" in the Kingdom of God.  It is amazing how much we require that God tell us again what He has already told us.  We constantly need reminding.  Graciously, God does just that.  But, we should not miss the point here.  God does not lie like men do.  He speaks to us and we readily acknowledge it at the time.  Then, over time, we begin to doubt what we think He may have said.  We don't necessarily doubt God -- we doubt our ability to hear clearly.  So, God says it again.

Has God spoken to you?  Was it clear?  Then why are you doubting it today?  Why do you require that He speak it to you afresh (as if He had never spoken it before).  God is constantly UNDERLINING to us those things that He has already spoken to us.  Let's believe Him today -- not because He coaxed us again by re-stating His will -- but because we believe that what He originally said to us is still true today.  Our God does not lie!