administrator, Bureaucrats, bureaucrats, checkuser, editor, emailconfirmed, move, Administrators
3,292
edits
Changes
no edit summary
{{DOD-February}}
Having reminded his people of the events of the past, [[Moses]] now warns them of the perils of the future. For centuries [[Israel]] was a slave nation, and then for forty years she had wandered in the wilderness. Now they are settled down in their own land and they needed to be aware of the dangers that would come to them. [[Moses]] warns of several of the dangers that are to come in chapters 7-10: In chapter 7:1-16 the people are warned not to compromise with the enemy. Any time the people of [[God]] compromise, their testimony is either greatly harmed or destroyed completely. Many [[Christians]] today have mingled with the world and have ruined their testimony. There are also churches today that have taken a weak and feeble stand against worldliness and [[sin]], thus destroying their power with [[God]]. [[God]]'s plan for the church and the individual [[Christian]] is to reach the world, without mingling in its [[sin]]. One must never partake of the sins of the world in order to be a friend to the world.
The second peril that faced the children of [[Israel]] was the fear of the enemy (chapter 7:17-26). Fear usually leads to compromise. Many times [[Christians]] give in to protect themselves. [[Moses]] warns the people not to be afraid of the enemy, because [[God]] will be with them and given them the [[victory]]. That same promise is ours today. No matter what may befall us, [[God]] will not leave us or forsake us. If you are born-again, you are a child of [[God]] and He will never forsake His own. You can face the most terrible perils knowing that you are going to win the [[victory]], because [[God]] and you are a majority. Failures in the Christian's life come only when you disobey [[God]] or fail to believe His promises to you. We must trust and obey.
In chapter 8 the peril is prosperity and self- satisfaction. [[Moses]] warns his people about the perils of prosperity. They would forget the forty years of [[God]]'s care, when they had food to eat and clothes to wear. They would even forget [[God]]'s chastening hand when they had sinned. It is this [[sin]] that is so devastating to our world today. When hard times come we depend on [[God]] for our daily needs, but when we have food in our stomachs, money in our pockets, warm houses cars, lands, and other worldly possessions, we turn away from [[God]] and become self-sufficient, many times forgetting [[God]]. Verse 18 reminds us that, "It is he that giveth thee power to get wealth." This statement is one we all need to remember daily!