Wednesday after Septuagesima Sunday
Posted on January 31, 2024 by under
Scripture: Deuteronomy 26:16-19 (NKJV)
26:16 “This day the Lord your God commands you to observe these statutes and judgments; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. 17 Today you have proclaimed the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice. 18 Also today the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments, 19 and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.”
Devotion
Our Lord God loves His creation. He loves His people. He had made Israel to be His people. From them would be born the Savior of the whole world. The relationship that the Lord God has with the people of Israel is an example to us of how much He loves the true Israel—all those who cling in faith to Him and His Son, the Lord Jesus. He had given them His Law, which declared them to be His people, and He would be their God. His Law is a manifestation of His love to them and us.
The Israelites promised on this last day of Moses’ life that they would be the Lord’s people. We come to church and profess this too. We do this in our daily lives whenever we confess our faith in Him. Unfortunately, the people of Israel only remained faithful to the Lord God until Joshua had died. The Lord would have to send Judges, and then the Prophets, to call the people of Israel back into repentance. We also daily sin much and make the same mistake. We have been sent the Apostles, whose doctrine we cling to in faith. We have been sent faithful ministers who also preach the Apostles’ doctrine. All these have been sent by the Lord God in order that He might show His love for us, that He wants us to be His people, that He might be our God.
Collect: O Lord, we beseech Thee favorably to hear the prayers of Thy people: that we, who are justly punished for our offenses, may be mercifully delivered by Thy goodness, for the glory of Thy Name; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
