Be Careful to Do: Deut 5 and 6

In these two chapter, or in the span of these two passages the Lord uses the terminology 'be careful to do' many times. In the context God is telling the children of Israel to 'be careful to do' all that He has instructed them. He issues out this word of warning and exhortation for a very vital reason. The reason being is that as long as Israel is following and obeying the Lord than everything will go well for them in the land that God is giving them. This doesn't mean that there will not be other nations that threaten them or hardships that they might have to face. But what it does mean is that the Lord will look after them and see them through.

However, if they are not careful to do, then they run the risk of God punishing them and allowing them to fall into the pit they dig with their sin. The truth is that God wants to bless Israel. He chose them to be His nation and to display His glory to other nations. God desired to be their God and for them to His people. It was all up to Israel. Their blessing was conditional.

Today, the choice is the same; we can choose God's blessing upon our lives by our sheer obedience to God. Or, we can choose disobedience and the full on effects of God's blessing being distant from our lives. Let me make clear that God's blessing isn't financial or materials. God's blessing is the fact that I am in right relationship with my Heavenly Father and there is nothing that comes between Him and I in this loving relationship that He desires us to have. The blessing of God is a clear conscience. The blessing of God is peace and harmony. The blessing of God is the assurance that where I am at and what I am doing is exactly where He would have me. But I can have none of that if my life is not submitting to and obeying Him.

Let us today 'be careful to do' all that is written (or that we know is written) in His word!