Deuteronomy 8:7-10 LOOK 👀 UP!

 7For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills; 8a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; 9a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper. 10When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.

“The reference to iron and copper in the hills is remarkably exact. Ancient copper mines and smelters have been discovered in recent years in the Arabah below the Dead Sea, and geological survey has demonstrated the presence of ores of copper and iron in the nearby hills.” (Thompson)

LOOK 👀 UP!

Do you see a correlation between verse 10 and this verse?

Matthew 6: 33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Brethren, when you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for everything you have, giving thanks to Him.

Seek first the kingdom of God! And all these things will be added unto you.

Do you bless Him for His blessings or take everything He gives you for granted?

Blessings 

Deuteronomy 8:5-6 Sucking or Nippling?

5So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you. 6Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.

“The worst implement with which you can knock a man down, is the Bible; it is intended for us to live upon, - not to be the weapon of our controversies, but our daily food, upon which we rejoice to live.” (Spurgeon)

“Oh, keep to the Word, my brothers! Keep to it as God’s Word, and as coming out of his mouth. Suck it down into your soul; you cannot have too much of it. Feed on it day and night, for thus will God make you to live the life that is life indeed.” (Spurgeon)

The only way we can keep the armor on is to keep the word, keep to it as Gods word, suck it down into your soul and feed on it day and night!

Are you sucking it down into your soul or nibbling on it once a week?

Blessings 

Deuteronomy 8:3-4 Education and Food

 3He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.a 4Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.

Education and Food

“All of God’s education begins here. Some never even make it past this first essential step. If we are not humble and not teachable, there is then no point to the rest of any of God’s education.”

“The next grade of God’s education is total dependence on the LORD. Israel had to rely on God beyond their own knowledge (which you did not know), and beyond their own ability.” (Guzik)

“The worst implement with which you can knock a man down, is the Bible; it is intended for us to live upon, - not to be the weapon of our controversies, but our daily food, upon which we rejoice to live.” (Spurgeon)

Are you teachable or are you still kicking against the goads? Acts 26:14

Blessings 

Deuteronomy 8:1-2 Jot and Tittle

 1You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers. 2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

“Israel wasn’t in the land yet, but Moses still instructed them as if it were a certainty. This was based on the faithful promise of God, but it was also according to His principle of preparation. God prepares us before He brings us into a place.” (Guzik)

Have you tried to follow every commandment?

Our pastor says, if you say you don’t sin you just lied so you sinned!

The Law and the commandments were designed to show us we need a savior, they point to Jesus because they are impossible to keep.

If your a keeper of the law don’t forget every jot and tittle.

Blessings 

Deuteronomy 7:25-26 “gods”

 25You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God. 26And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.

“(25, 26) These words are a special warning against the sin which Achan committed (Joshua 7:21): “I coveted them, and took them.” They also describe the consequences which he experienced, together with his whole household, being made chêrem. devoted or accursed by the spoil which he took from Jericho. (See on Joshua 7)” Ellicott’s Commentary 

Coveting gods is dangerous and will ensnare you. Examine your life today in front of the Lord and ask Him to reveal any gods that may have ensnared you. 

Blessings 

Deuteronomy 7:22-24 Little by Little

22The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you. 23But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed. 24He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.

“Doing it all at once might seem easier and better to us but will have consequences we cannot see or appreciate. God cares that we grow, and so He grows us little by little.” (Guzik)

Destroyed and wipe out their names, seems harsh but remember that they rejected God and sacrificed their children which was an abomination to Him. 

How do you believe the Lord views abortion?

Blessings  

Deuteronomy 7:20-21 Hornets 🐝

 20Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished. 21Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.

Ellicott’s Commentary 

(20) The hornet.—To be understood literally. (See on Deuteronomy 1:44, and Joshua 24:12.) The “land flowing with (milk and) honey” may well have swarmed with bees and hornets.

The great and awesome God is the creator of heaven and earth and He can use anything he created “against them” until His will is done. 

Have you ever been stung by a hornet 🐝? 

Imagine an army (swarm) of them that darkened the sky! 🐝 

You can run but you can’t hide, just ask Jonah about that one!

Blessings