October 1, 2024
Serve the LORD - Part 2
Deuteronomy 10:12-13
10/01/2024
12 And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God
require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to
walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the
LORD
13 your God with all your heart and with all your
soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of
the LORD, which I am commanding you today for your
good? (ESV)
Moses instructed the children of Israel:
And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require 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, and to keep the
commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I am
commanding you today for your good?
Who do you trust? Where do you turn when everything seems
to be falling apart? In whom, in what, do you invest your time,
talents, and treasures? That is your god.
Of course, the biggest false god is money, followed by other
possessions. Look at the value of your dollar now as opposed to
a half-decade ago. That money is not worth as much as it was a
year ago. We work for that money, we save that money, but in the
end all of our schemes to use that resource in our old age seem
to fail.
The same is true of possessions, such as land, precious
metals, or collectible automobiles. Eventually we serve them.
They don't provide long-term benefits, for often that which seems
of value to us is of no use to others. Our children, our
neighbors, simply don't want those things we hold dear.
In the end, anything created can become a false god. When
we need the assurance that someone cares, created things simply
fail.
But we all have a god, something we trust when life gives us
tornadoes, floods, sickness, and death. We confess that the one
True God created heaven and earth, thus stands above creation.
We also confess that He showers us with His love, grace, and
mercy.
May our Lord open our eyes to see Him as our only hope in
time of need. Amen.