Deuteronomy 5-7

Deuteronomy 5 is a review of the decalogue and reiteration to the Israelites of how they must be careful to do as the LORD has commanded walking in the right ways so that it goes well with them in the promised land. 

Deuteronomy 5:32-33 (NKJV) "Therefore you shall be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. You shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live and and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess."

Followed by the shema in chapter 6 which in Hebrew means 'to hear' these passages are packed with promises of God for those who obey, love and fear the LORD with all their heart. To be careful to do what the LORD has commanded means to be boldly cautious and intentional. Obeying God is not a restrictive or stifling way of life, rather it is a life of prosperity and spiritually fulfilling life though it looks different from the way the world around us views prosperity because of our trust in the LORD. Complete and willing obedience is a freedom from selfish ambition, it is a reliance and placement of hope in the sovereign power of God, releasing control to God. Jesus taught us to seek first the kingdom of God, if the kingdom of God is about His authority to rule and the exercise of God's kingship based on His power and might then the right response is total surrender through willing obedience to the King and the kingdom. This daily surrender yields life, light and righteousness because of how good God's grace alone is through his Son the Christ, Jesus. 

Deuteronomy 6:24-25 (NKJV) "And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day. Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us."

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