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

Today, I am reading and commenting on Deuteronomy 11-13.

I want to focus today on what Moses told the Israelites in chapter 13 verses 18-20: “So commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders.  Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.  Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,…”  While I do not think today we are called to take this literally, we should strive to follow this.  We should talk about God’s Word when we at home and when we travel.  We should talk about it in the evening as we end our day and in the morning when we get up, and all the time in between.  We should be thinking about what God wants us to do wherever we are, whenever we need to make a decision.  I was embarrassed to learn that someone I worked with for several years a few years back had not known I was a Christian while we worked together.  It is not that I think all of my co-workers should be aware of my faith, but this was someone I worked closely with day in and day out for a couple of years.  My failure to communicate my faith to them over that time is something I must work to ensure never happens again.  However, there is more to the importance of what Moses says here than just making others aware of our faith.  In fact, others being aware of our faith should just be a side-effect of making God’s Word an integral part of our day to day life.