“he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. They are not just idle words for you—they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
Deuteronomy 32: 46-47
Imagine if our technology today had the capability to collect every word we spoke, as we spoke it, and immediately evaluate whether or not those words we uttered had “weight” and value, or were merely idle, wasted words.
How much of what you spoke would be worth saving?
Moses, in the verses quoted above, was addressing the Children of Israel shortly before his death and their entrance into the Promised Land. He spent most of the book reminding them of God’s commands and law and how God had delivered and led them over the past 40 years. He reminds them that the words of Gods’ law were to be obeyed and that they were, in fact, “…not just idle words…”
How often have you and I been guilty of wasting our breath by speaking idle words?
I cannot answer for you, but I know I have spoken far too many words that meant very little or had no importance attached to them.
There used to be an advertising slogan from a Wall Street firm that said:
“When E.F. Hutton speaks, people listen.”
In essence, Moses was saying that every word God utters has value and purpose and is to be listened to and obeyed.
So valuable are the words God declares, he says, that they should be careful to command their children to “…obey carefully all the words of the law.”
Let me ask you a challenging question.
Do you esteem the Word of God so that its value is clear to your children?
Do they know that His word is to be obeyed and carried out?
Do they know it just because they have heard it to be so or because they have seen it carried out in your life?
Do they live in a “do as I say, not as I do” home or in a home where Gods’ word is honored by obedience to it?
We are told in Romans 5:8 that “God demonstrates His… love…”
You demonstrate your love for His word, to your children, by faithfully obeying it!
Deuteronomy 32: 46-47
Imagine if our technology today had the capability to collect every word we spoke, as we spoke it, and immediately evaluate whether or not those words we uttered had “weight” and value, or were merely idle, wasted words.
How much of what you spoke would be worth saving?
Moses, in the verses quoted above, was addressing the Children of Israel shortly before his death and their entrance into the Promised Land. He spent most of the book reminding them of God’s commands and law and how God had delivered and led them over the past 40 years. He reminds them that the words of Gods’ law were to be obeyed and that they were, in fact, “…not just idle words…”
How often have you and I been guilty of wasting our breath by speaking idle words?
I cannot answer for you, but I know I have spoken far too many words that meant very little or had no importance attached to them.
There used to be an advertising slogan from a Wall Street firm that said:
“When E.F. Hutton speaks, people listen.”
In essence, Moses was saying that every word God utters has value and purpose and is to be listened to and obeyed.
So valuable are the words God declares, he says, that they should be careful to command their children to “…obey carefully all the words of the law.”
Let me ask you a challenging question.
Do you esteem the Word of God so that its value is clear to your children?
Do they know that His word is to be obeyed and carried out?
Do they know it just because they have heard it to be so or because they have seen it carried out in your life?
Do they live in a “do as I say, not as I do” home or in a home where Gods’ word is honored by obedience to it?
We are told in Romans 5:8 that “God demonstrates His… love…”
You demonstrate your love for His word, to your children, by faithfully obeying it!
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