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January 5
Saturday


GOING
NOWHERE FAST

READ:
Deuteronomy 4:1-10
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Only take heed to
yourself, and diligently
keep yourself, lest you
forget the things your
eyes have seen.
__ Deuteronomy 4:9
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I walked as fast as possible. Worked up quite a sweat, in fact. After about a mile, I broke into a jog and then ran as hard as I could. Finally, after about 25 minutes, I stopped. My heart was pounding. My shirt was soaked. But I had gone nowhere. I had just done 2.5 miles on the treadmill.

After I cooled off, I sat down with my Bible. I was following a reading schedule and the selection for the day was from the book of Numbers. I read some of it slowly and some faster, but I felt at times that I wasn't getting anywhere--like I was back on the treadmill. Censuses were taken.
The long journey was recapped. The tribes were listed and relisted. The next day, I moved into Deuteronomy. More wanderings. More about the Israelites and their land.

But when I got to chapter 4, I was told why all that recapping was important. Moses told the people not to "forget the things your eyes have seen.... Teach them to your children" ( 4:9). The previous reading was not about Israel going nowhere fast. It was about training, about a lesson in using God's past workings as instruction for future godly living.

All Scripture is given by the inspiration of God. So even when it may seem unimportant--keep reading. Sometimes we have to be patient to realize its full purpose. __ Dave Branon
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Search the Scriptures' precious store--
As miner digs for ore,
Search, and you will surely find
Treasures to enrich the mind. __ Anon.
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God speaks to us through His Word;
take time to listen.

**********Today's Bible Reading __ Deuteronomy 4:1-10************

1 Now, O Israel, listen to
the statutes and the
judgments which I teach you
to observe, that you may
live, and go in and posses
the land which the LORD
God of your fathers is giving
you. 2 You shall not add to
the word which I command
you, nor take from it....

5 Surely I have taught you
statutes and judgments, just
as the LORD my God
commanded me, that you
should act according to them
in the land which you go to
possess. 6 Therefore be
careful to observe them; for
this is your wisdom and
your understanding in the
sight of the peoples who will
hear all these statutes, and
say, "Surely this great nation
is a wise and understanding
people." 7 For what great
nation is there that has God
so near to it, as the LORD our
God is to us, for whatever
reason we may call upon
Him? 8 And what great
nation is there that has such
statutes and righteous
judgments as are in all this
law...?

9 Only take heed to
yourself, and diligently keep
yourself, lest you forget the
things your eyes have seen,
and lest they depart from
your heart all the days of
your life. And teach them to
your children and your
grandchildren, 10 especially
concerning the day you
stood before the LORD your
God in Horeb, when the
LORD said to me, "Gather
the people to Me, and I will
let them hear My words, that
they may learn to fear Me all
the days they live on the
earth, and that they may
teach their children."