Today, I am reading and commenting on  Deuteronomy 8-10.

This passage reminds us of the importance of remembering what God has done in the past, both the glorious blessings He has given us and the punishments He has visited upon us for our sins.  Further, it reminds us that when we profit from other’s suffering it is not because of our righteousness, but because of their wickedness.  This last is one with which I struggle, not the part about it not being because of our righteousness, but because of others’ wickedness. This passage says that the Children of Israel would conquer the Promised Land because of the wickedness of those who lived there when they arrived.  Applying this elsewhere would suggest that the success of the Europeans when they first arrived in the Americas was because of the wickedness of the indigenous peoples.  While that conclusion seems to be consistent with the Bible, one can easily make a very fundamental error when discussing it.  The important point is NOT that the indigenous people were wicked, but that the Europeans success was not because of their righteousness.  Even more important for us is the message Moses communicated by saying this: if we allow ourselves to fall into wickedness the same thing which happened to them will happen to us.
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I did not intend to spend so much time on what is in the previous paragraph.  I really wanted to talk about chapter 10 verses 12 and 13.

And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?

God’s commands have been given to us for our own good.  They are not arbitrary, nor are they intended to restrict our fun.  God has given us these commands because He knows what is best for us.  For example, God does not tell us to restrict our sexual activities to a single partner of the opposite sex because He wants to limit our fun.  He does so because He knows that we will have a happier, more fulfilling life if we do so.  In a way, the rest of this provides a roadmap.  IF we fear God, we will walk in obedience to Him.  As we walk in obedience to Him, we will begin to love Him as we see how His commands are in our best interest. As we come to love Him, we will desire to serve Him with all of our being.  Which brings us back to observing, following, His commands because they are for our own good.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.