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

Moses tells the Israelites that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word which comes from the mouth of God.  When Moses says this he is not just referring to food.  He means that material things do not bring us full satisfaction, that if we wish to live fulfilled lives we need to listen to the word of God.  Then he warns us against allowing ourselves to forget God when He gives us good things and our lives are going well.  Moses goes on talking about the importance of listening to God’s commands until he asks the question, “What does the Lord your God ask of you?”  Then Moses answers that question.  God asks us to fear Him (because His power and glory is so great that if we truly know Him we cannot help but fear Him).  God asks us to love Him (and we cannot love Him if we do not know Him).  God asks us to serve Him our of that love.  And finally God asks us to obey the commands and decrees which He has given us because they are for our own good.  The heavens and all the earth belong to God, yet from all of that He has chosen us.  Is it too much of Him to ask us to love and obey Him in return?  Especially when the things He commands us are for our own good?

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