God's Affection
Deuteronomy 4:23-31
"But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul."
(Deuteronomy 4:29)
My years in ministry have been filled with wonderful people, many of whom have come to faith in Christ; others who have argued the issues of faith; others still who have chosen to go their own way. Some are walking through valleys of crisis yet have found their faithful, loving God to be their all in all.
In these verses God promised the Israelites they would find Him when they searched for Him with all their hearts. God wants us to know Him, to be devoted to Him and intent on putting our heart and soul into seeking Him. There is genuine comfort for us, knowing that God is near.
Jeremiah writes, "See, O Lord, how distressed I am! I am in torment within, and in my heart I am disturbed..." (Lamentations 1:20). This description of agony may hit home for you. Praise God we have the assurance of His presence, repeated through the words of the old songs, "When I need a friend to tell my troubles to, God is there, God is there!" And "What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear!"
INSIGHT
When confronted in the deepest pit of despair, sorrow and adversity, faith finds its greatest expression of hope.
READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR
Job 31-32
Psalm 57
Luke 20
Deuteronomy 4:23-31
23 Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the LORD your God has forbidden. 24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the LORD your God and arousing his anger, 26 I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. 27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. 29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and obey him. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.
Deuteronomy 4:23-31
"But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul."
(Deuteronomy 4:29)
My years in ministry have been filled with wonderful people, many of whom have come to faith in Christ; others who have argued the issues of faith; others still who have chosen to go their own way. Some are walking through valleys of crisis yet have found their faithful, loving God to be their all in all.
In these verses God promised the Israelites they would find Him when they searched for Him with all their hearts. God wants us to know Him, to be devoted to Him and intent on putting our heart and soul into seeking Him. There is genuine comfort for us, knowing that God is near.
Jeremiah writes, "See, O Lord, how distressed I am! I am in torment within, and in my heart I am disturbed..." (Lamentations 1:20). This description of agony may hit home for you. Praise God we have the assurance of His presence, repeated through the words of the old songs, "When I need a friend to tell my troubles to, God is there, God is there!" And "What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear!"
INSIGHT
When confronted in the deepest pit of despair, sorrow and adversity, faith finds its greatest expression of hope.
READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR
Job 31-32
Psalm 57
Luke 20
Deuteronomy 4:23-31
23 Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the LORD your God has forbidden. 24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the LORD your God and arousing his anger, 26 I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. 27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. 29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and obey him. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.
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