Deuteronomy 4

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Deuteronomy 4:1-2, Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.  Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.

Now that the historical review has ended, chapter 4 marks the beginning of the instruction of the rules and laws the people of God were to follow.  There is definitely a conditional nature to these instructions.  If the Israelites follow them, God will provide and take them into the promised land.  If they do not follow them, then the opposite will be true.  In this chapter, most of the instruction has to do with idolatry.  God's people are only to worship him and him alone. Moses' words in verse 40 provide a concise summary of the teaching up until this point, Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.

Let's pray...Lord, Help us even today keep your decrees.  Help us follow you and you alone. How easy it is for us to get distracted.  Help us refocus so that you are center of our lives.  In Jesus' Name, Amen.