January 22, 2025
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Reading along with us in Deuteronomy and Corinthians? Here’s today’s reading:
Deuteronomy 12 (NIV)
The One Place of Worship
1 These are the decrees and laws you must be careful to follow in the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess—as long as you live in the land. 2 Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains, on the hills and under every spreading tree, where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods.……Continue Reading
Proper worship in proper places. As to not follow the pagans as far as what is mentioned at the end of this chapter. Beyond comprehension
Deuteronomy 12
Deuteronomy 12
God wants a life of worship and worship is so much more than singing songs. Everything we do must be in obedience to God that He would be glorified through us. That means we can make our lives a sacrifice to Him. I loved verse 28, “Be careful to obey all these regulations I am giving you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.”
It reminded me to set an example of worship in my life so my children would hopefully learn to live that way as well.
12 is a bit complex for me to follow. Think much of it is Mossic Law, which might have principles under Christ. I get this, God wanted Israel to destroy every idol and worship place. There is no room for false gods with God. Might have been easy to identify these idols for them, but I think the invisible idols in my heart may be harder to detect.
Good comments Kelly. God wants our whole hearts on a daily basis. May the Lord bless us all as we follow Him.
Deuteronomy 12
Deuteronomy 12
The Jews were to destroy all the idols of the pagan nations they were to drive out, in the same way we should destroy idols in our lives too. The reason is the same…if you give something a foothold, it will continue to gain ground until the pure worship of God is driven out. God also makes clear that He will establish a single location where they were to worship Him and bring their sacrifices. Now as a meat lover, I appreciate that God specifies that when it comes to meat eaten independent of a sacrifice or vow, you can eat as much as you want. But God is the One that dictates how He was to be worshipped. So at this point it was about location. But now God just wants those who worship Him in Spirit and in truth. I was struck by God repeating these commands to make sure they would be heard and followed. Repetition is valuable in learning and necessary when we consider how easy it is for us to forget the things of God.
Deuteronomy 12