Lay to heart

all the words which

      I enjoin upon you this day,

that you may command them

to your children,

that they may be careful 

    to do all the words of this law.

For it is not a trifle for you,

         but it is your life,

and thereby you shall live long

in the land which you are

           going over to possess.

                    Deuteronomy 32. 46-47

(God's Word changes the trajectory of my life

            ....and theirs.

Responding to God impacts me

                  and every one around me.

When I do not obey God,

       we all miss out).

Be strong and of good courage,

do not fear

        or be in dread of them:

for it is the LORD your God

     Who goes with you;

He will not fail you

               or forsake you.

  

                  Deuteronomy 31. 6

(Live in that reality.

      You are not on your own.

"Trust Me in this."

  Anxiety just blocks the panoramic view.

There is nothing 

      that He does not redeem).

I have led you forty years 

         in the wilderness;

your clothes have not worn out upon you,

  and your sandals 

  have not worn off your feet;

you have not eaten bread,

and you have not drunk wine

                    or strong drink;

that you may know

    that I am the LORD your God.

                       Deuteronomy 29. 5-6

(Things do not randomly "happen,"

but are seamlessly and intricately designed

       for the deepening of His life in you,

that we may not just believe

              but know.

He is not about to abandon you now.

Even in this).

...you have become the people 

of the LORD your God...

                  Deuteronomy 27. 9

(How does that look differently 

     in how I live?

In how I navigate through 

      this situation before me?

In how I respond even in this?)

...the work of a man's hand
comes back to him.

            Proverbs 12. 14

(Layer upon layer,
faithfulness upon faithfulness,
nothing but nothing
   is insignificant
in God's eyes and hands.
God redeems all
            that you do).

...into every town and place

where He himself

     was about to come.

                Luke 10. 1

(In every situation,

among the difficult people,

even in the unexpected,

bring the love of Jesus there.

Prepare the way of the Lord

      by sowing grace.

Even here.

Even in this).

He is not here;

for He is risen,

     as He said.

           Matthew 28. 6

(The tomb is empty,

the huge rock of our despair 

       is rolled away.

               Jesus is alive.

Practice resurrection).

He is risen.

He is risen indeed.

Life can never remain the same.

      Because He lives.