,"Thy raiment waxed not old upon you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years. 6. You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so the Lord thy God chastens you, 7. Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear Him."
In giving his charge to the Israelites before they entered the promised land, in verse 7, Moses told them three things that they would be wise to heed: "to keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him." The command to keep the Lord's commandments was obviously a reference to the ten commandments. These were not suggestions but they were commandments. The Israelites had probably forgotten the importance of these commandments, and needed to be reminded of them. (Exodus 20:1-17) Moses reminded the Israelites of these commandments, and obviously stressed the importance of them. They obviously needed a reminder about the ten commandments. They probably knew them but just did not keep them. We are pretty good at this too. (just saying) To obey the Lord's commandments is to "walk in His ways." We are definitely not reminded of the importance of these commandments as often as we should be reminded. We also have the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, chapters 5-7, to help us to walk in the Lord's ways. We have to consciously remind ourselves of the importance of walking in the Lord's ways, because we will forget about their importance if we do not. We also need to listen to the Lord's voice as He speaks to our hearts to remind us of "walking in His ways." I don't think that we need to be reminded of what it means to obey the Lord. Finally, they were reminded to "fear the Lord." This does not necessarily mean to feel terrorized by the Lord, for we are to also love him, but it does remind us of the danger of walking in our own ways instead of walking in His ways. We would do well to fear the chastening of the Lord. When He chastens us, He means business, as those of us who have experienced His chastening, will testify. Look into your heart, and ask yourself if you really fear the Lord? Bro. Joe
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