Servant Heart
Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
In chapter 10 of the second telling, Moses revisits the second set of Ten Commandments, the set God made because Moses had broken the first one when he lost his temper. Moses stayed on the mountain 40 days this time as well, and while he was there, God listened to him. The decision? "It was not his will to destroy you." (v.10)
This is good news, the kind of news we hear everyday if we are so blessed as to wake up in the morning, and go to sleep in our beds at night. "It was not his will to destroy you." Thank you, God.
The plan to give the Israelites their new land was reaffirmed, and then comes the 12th verse. What does Yahweh ask of you?
Fear Him.
Walk in all His ways.
Love Him.
Serve Yahweh with all your heart and all your soul.
At a quick reading, it appears like 6:5, where the directive is to love God. Love is in the list here, too. But the heart is involved in serving. All of the heart.
Serve God with all the secret thoughts. I like that. All my pondering, my daydreaming, my imagining and remembering should serve God. If they don't, I need to take those thoughts captive.
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
In chapter 10 of the second telling, Moses revisits the second set of Ten Commandments, the set God made because Moses had broken the first one when he lost his temper. Moses stayed on the mountain 40 days this time as well, and while he was there, God listened to him. The decision? "It was not his will to destroy you." (v.10)
This is good news, the kind of news we hear everyday if we are so blessed as to wake up in the morning, and go to sleep in our beds at night. "It was not his will to destroy you." Thank you, God.
The plan to give the Israelites their new land was reaffirmed, and then comes the 12th verse. What does Yahweh ask of you?
Fear Him.
Walk in all His ways.
Love Him.
Serve Yahweh with all your heart and all your soul.
At a quick reading, it appears like 6:5, where the directive is to love God. Love is in the list here, too. But the heart is involved in serving. All of the heart.
Serve God with all the secret thoughts. I like that. All my pondering, my daydreaming, my imagining and remembering should serve God. If they don't, I need to take those thoughts captive.
posted by ruthees @ 10:41 AM
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