Wednesday Reading: Deuteronomy 2 7-12
 
Key Verse: Deuteronomy 2 7
7  For Jehovah your God has blessed you in all the works of your hand. He knows your walking through this great wilderness. Jehovah your God has been with you these forty years. You have lacked nothing.

 

Devotion:
With television and radio, we have become aware of the multitude of people that populate this world we live on. We have begun to know about tribes of people deep in jungles or roaming around the deserts. What we often do is to shut ourselves off from the rest of the world and concentrate on things around us; which may or may not be good…

 

When Jehovah God was leading the Israelites across the desert and towards their newly appointed land, He would direct them through other tribes. Here we have a few mentioned where God said that the Israelites should not do anything to them other than buy provisions from them. But note how the descriptions are written. They are not simply said to be people of the land of Moab, but a full description of who they are and a short history lesson too. What we often forget is that God is actually in control of every people around the world, not just us!

 

We may like to think that He looks after us as Christians and that all the other people are just fending for themselves, but God is still watching out over them. God continues to be a presence around the world, giving all people the chance to get to know Him. He continues to make sure that plants grow and that the weather changes. He continues to show people His power by maintaining the world that we live on – everywhere around the world! He continues to take an interest in every person no matter what they get up to. He does that because He is our God and because He loves us all. We need to show Him some respect and a whole lot of love because of the things that He continue to do for all of us! Nobody is left out!

 

Points to Ponder:
How many people could you name in your town?
 
Could you count the number of hairs on your body?