The book of Deuteronomy (literally "Second Law") is a reiterating of the Law of God before the people entered into the promised land.
4Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.a 5Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.7Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. (Deuteronomy 6:4-9)
Thoughts: Moses wanted all the nation to know that they need to love God, and to teach that love to their children. The faith was to be passed on. In some ways that is the key witness of Moses. He not only brought the Law, but he taught us to pass that teaching on because God is the God of all generations. He is not just God of the past or of creation- He is God now.
Prayer: Lord, help me to hear your great Word and to respond in love to you with my heart, soul, and strength.
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