The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people… But because the LORD loved you- Deuteronomy 7:8-9
The Bible is full of reminders to the child that is on the verge of something great. God never ushers you into something new until you have remembered the path that has brought you to where you are. Here in the book of Deuteronomy, Moses is delivering his last address to the children of Israel. The entire book is a great study as you look at the last words of this great man of God. For you can truly see what is of the utmost importance to a man from what he concentrates on in the concluding days of his life. It is no wonder that Moses makes the statement here to his recipients. He never wanted them to forget why it was that God brought them to the door of the Promised Land. It was not because they offered great military strength to conquer the land. It wasn’t because there were a vast number of them because when God spoke the promise to bring them into the land of promise, He spoke it to one man, Abraham. God did not set His face upon them because He knew they would yield wonderful praise and adoration for many years to come because the fact was God knew they would go astray to idols and false gods. Moses told them that the reason God brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, was because the LORD loved you. It was all because of love.
The Bible is full of reminders to the child that is on the verge of something great. God never ushers you into something new until you have remembered the path that has brought you to where you are. Here in the book of Deuteronomy, Moses is delivering his last address to the children of Israel. The entire book is a great study as you look at the last words of this great man of God. For you can truly see what is of the utmost importance to a man from what he concentrates on in the concluding days of his life. It is no wonder that Moses makes the statement here to his recipients. He never wanted them to forget why it was that God brought them to the door of the Promised Land. It was not because they offered great military strength to conquer the land. It wasn’t because there were a vast number of them because when God spoke the promise to bring them into the land of promise, He spoke it to one man, Abraham. God did not set His face upon them because He knew they would yield wonderful praise and adoration for many years to come because the fact was God knew they would go astray to idols and false gods. Moses told them that the reason God brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, was because the LORD loved you. It was all because of love.
Sometimes arrogance and pride come upon us like it did the children of Israel and we forget the real reason God came to us. He made the journey to your soul not because you had vast wealth to offer Him. He owns the cattle upon a thousand hills. He did not come to you because you had grand numbers to offer Him. Friend, He would have come if you had been for only person. No the truth of the matter is that God came to me and to you because He loved us. Because He loved you He walked the path to Calvary. Love was the only reason He stood silently while they stripped the flesh from His back. It was all love that held him fast to the cross. It was for love He died to set you free. May we cast our arrogance and pride at the feet of the crucified Savior and remember the only reason God does anything for us is because the LORD loved you.
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