Therefore take careful heed to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God. Joshua 23:11
Read about the word 'careful' in the law and one will find many commands to be careful to observe and be careful to do. The law appears to be a place to be careful. Yes, it is, and easily we are weary of being careful all of the time. We have a nature born to sin and a tempter pointing the way to that abominable destination. Being careful to do and to observe the many laws, it becomes easy to see how the Pharisees stumbled in their way. How could one see the Savior when carefully observing all the laws and the days and then the hundreds of traditions added to the law?
"Picking the tithe from my herb garden one morning, I tripped over a man healing the blind. Who could He be? Why was He in my way?" the Pharisee said to the scribe.
Yes, my friends, I would rather be saved in Christ than to carefully observe every law and tradition. Joshua in his farewell address to Israel gave them a final 'careful', and it is in our verse for today. Jesus gave us the law and the prophets in two greatest commands to love, and the first says the same as Joshua's final careful heed: Love the Lord your God!
Amen! Have a great Friday in Christ!
Bucky
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