[Moses said:] “No other nation, no matter how great, has a god who is so near when they need him as the LORD our God is to us. He answers us whenever we call for help.”

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: DEUTERONOMY 4:7
[Moses said:] “No other nation, no matter how great, has a god who is so near when they need him as the LORD our God is to us. He answers us whenever we call for help.”
TODAY'S READING:
Moses Urges Israel to Be Obedient
1Then Moses said to the people, “Obey all the laws that I am teaching you, and you will live and occupy the land which the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.2 Do not add anything to what I command you, and do not take anything away. Obey the commands of the Lord your God that I have given you.3 You yourselves saw what the Lord did at Mount Peor. He destroyed everyone who worshiped Baal there,4but those of you who were faithful to the Lord your God are still alive today.
5“I have taught you all the laws, as the Lord my God told me to do. Obey them in the land that you are about to invade and occupy.6Obey them faithfully, and this will show the people of other nations how wise you are. When they hear of all these laws, they will say, ‘What wisdom and understanding this great nation has!’
7“No other nation, no matter how great, has a god who is so near when they need him as the Lord our God is to us. He answers us whenever we call for help.8No other nation, no matter how great, has laws so just as those that I have taught you today.9Be on your guard! Make certain that you do not forget, as long as you live, what you have seen with your own eyes. Tell your children and your grandchildren10about the day you stood in the presence of the Lord your God at Mount Sinai, when he said to me, ‘Assemble the people. I want them to hear what I have to say, so that they will learn to obey me as long as they live and so that they will teach their children to do the same.’
11 “Tell your children how you went and stood at the foot of the mountain which was covered with thick clouds of dark smoke and fire blazing up to the sky.12Tell them how the Lord spoke to you from the fire, how you heard him speaking but did not see him in any form at all.13 He told you what you must do to keep the covenant he made with you—you must obey the Ten Commandments, which he wrote on two stone tablets.14 The Lord told me to teach you all the laws that you are to obey in the land that you are about to invade and occupy.
REFLECT:
What must the people of Israel do in order to occupy the land God promised to give them (verse 1)? Reread verses 3 and 4. What does Moses exhort the people to remember? What does Moses instruct the people to tell their children? How is the faith passed on to succeeding generations within your community of faith?
#PRAY
Almighty God, you hear us when we call to you for help and you are always near. Help me to remember your commandments and teach them to others so that everyone will know of your steadfast love and faithfulness and grow in the knowledge of you. Amen.