DEUTERONOMY 10:12-13 - ACTION REQUIRED

ACTION REQUIRED

DEUTERONOMY 10:12-13

And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee,

but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways,

and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God

with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes,

which I command thee this day for thy good?

God had specific requirements for His chosen people of Israel to adhere to, and He demands the same things from His children today. The four commands in this statement—fear, walk, love, and serve—are all verbs. Verbs imply actions. We are to fear the Lord, to reverence and respect Him with complete awe, submitting to His will. How do we walk in His ways? This walk is not with our feet, but decision by decision in agreement with God’s way of approaching everything. To love God is to offer back to Him the best of ourselves, to reciprocate His love which was demonstrated by sacrificing His very best, His only Son, on the cross. We serve the Lord by using the gifts the Holy Spirit has given us to be His hands and feet on the ground, His ambassadors to a lost and dying world.

How are we to do these things? With all your heart and soul . . . to me this means with every fiber of my being, with my entire essence. I am to reserve nothing for myself, to surrender all of me the One who created all. As Chris McClarney of Jesus Culture expressed it in song, “Everything and nothing less I give You.” Obedience, the requirements of God, are for our own good. Others may say that to us, but we can trust that God uses our compliance for our good because He is good and knows what is best for His children.

Gauge your own activity. Are you fearing, walking, loving and serving according to God’s will? What changes or adjustments do you need to make today?