Deuteronomy 8:1-6
Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land that the LORD promised on oath to your forefathers. Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you. Observe the commands of the LORD your God, walking in his ways and revering him.
I know that these years of testing at the end of each year are to teach me to follow You… but can I please have a job? I am afraid that You don’t have a that for me this year, and I don’t know why but that scares me. I want to have a classroom… and my head knows that whatever You provide is what is best, I need to trust right now. God, I ask for a full time position.
Deuteronomy 8:7-11 For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land--a land with streams and pools of water, with springs flowing in the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you. Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day.
Dear Lord,
I pray that this is Your way of confirming that I will indeed get a job. I don’t know if this is true, for this period, but I do know You are faithful. This was the passage I was meant to read today, I ask that You would make it true. That the wilderness experience is over and that today You are telling me, I am to enter into the promised land… a new phase with our children coming into our home and starting a family.
Deuteronomy 8:12-20
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,
and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. He led you through the vast and dreadful desert, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock. He gave you manna to eat in the desert, something your fathers had never known, to humble and to test you so that in the end it might go well with you. You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today. If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed. Like the nations the LORD destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the LORD your God.
Dear Lord,
I am thankful, that You take every precaution to prevent our hearts from turning away from You. My heart’s desire is that I would never put anything before You, though I know I am just as Israel is… I remember my prayer when getting married was to never put my husband before You. I ask today, that if You do bless us with a family, me with a job, that You would continue to do the work to keep my heart dependent upon You and to keep You as first in my heart and in my life. I love You Lord and though I am unfaithful in my heart of hearts, it is Your grace and Your patience that keeps me humble. As I am praying this prayer, I am afraid of what I might do, and how You might respond to answer my prayer.
I am fully aware of what I am without You- nothing.
I am fully aware of what I would have without You- nothing.
I am fully aware that without You life is worth- nothing.
Deuteronomy 9:1-3 Hear, O Israel. You are now about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities that have walls up to the sky. The people are strong and tall--Anakites! You know about them and have heard it said: "Who can stand up against the Anakites?" But be assured today that the LORD your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the LORD has promised you.
Dear Lord,
I love this passage. It confirms that without You we can do nothing, but with You nothing is impossible. My job situation seems impossible… but it isn’t. I am hoping that these passages from Deuteronomy 8 and 9 are in fact a message for me. Help me to trust You Lord when things seem impossible!
Deuteronomy 9:4-6
After the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, "The LORD has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness." No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is going to drive them out before you. It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness of these nations, the LORD your God will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
Dear Lord… I love that it is not about me or my deserving of anything… it is about You and Your glory and Your grace. Having said that, I am hoping that You are speaking to me!
I love You Lord,
Karen
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