The Shoes of a Father
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Now before I read, it is important to understand that the Lord is speaking THROUGH Moses, Moses is repeating what God has commanded. And Moses is speaking to ALL of Israel, Yes, but his message is a continuation of the message given in Ex 19. God explains something very powerful, and the explanation is something we need to have, in order to understand this message: God’s message is to ALL Israel, with a specific avenue: MEN!
You will notice in this scripture that God is speaking to MEN, to their SONS (who will become MEN), and to their GRANDSONS (Who will become MEN)!
This message is to MEN who are to do specific things!
“This is the command—the statutes and ordinances—the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may follow them in the land you are about to enter and possess. Do this so that you may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life by keeping all his statutes and commands I am giving you, your son, and your grandson, and so that you may have a long life. Listen, Israel, and be careful to follow them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly, because the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you a land flowing with milk and honey.
MEN - THIS IS A COMMAND! God commanded Moses to teach the MEN of Israel.
Why - because if the MEN will OBEY GOD, IF MEN will FEAR GOD, and teach this same reverence to their children, to their sons and grandsons - then they may have a blessing!
LISTEN, Israel - the SONS OF GOD - and carefully follow them - so you may prosper and multiply - wait a second -
God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”
The same command from the beginning - if you will just obey the Lord and do as the Lord commands - listen carefully - you may prosper and multiply!
Because if you do these things, the Lord, the God of your Ancestors, of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob - the God that brought His nation out of Egypt, the God that caused them to walk across the Red Sea on DRY GROUND - the God that was smoke by day and fire by night - the God that covered a mountain with fire and smoke - the God capable of doing all things -
has promised you a land flowing with milk and honey.
Listen - we are not talking about some fake prosperity gospel that leads to destruction, this is the promise of God to His people. And this is what THEY DID receive in part. But the end goal here is not the blessing. It is the relationship with God. The relationship glorifies God. And we are all about glorifying God.
So what is all of this?
all of this was a PLEA!
A Plea to what?
God want’s HIS men to wear shoes of DEDICATION!
God want’s HIS men to wear shoes of DEDICATION!
“Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your city gates.
LISTEN: The Lord our God, the Lord is One.
Listen: (SH-ma) Pay attention! Hear and OBEY!
The Lord - YAHWAH - the PERSONAL NAME OF GOD (SINGULAR)
OUR GOD - Elo-him - The supernatural being who originates all things and rules over all things (PLURAL)
It’s powerful here: YAHWAH ELO-HIM - (singularly Plural) - TRINITY EXPRESSED!
The Lord our God, The Lord is ONE! - YAHWAH Elohim, YAHWAY e-had
YAHWAH - the personal name of God again
e-had - ONE
YAHWAH ElO-HIM YAHWAH E-HAD = This is important! It is a reminder that the God who is speaking these things is the God of creation!
That there is 1 and only 1 God - there is no other god! Why Because they were just pulled out of Egypt, a land filled with false idols and things elevated beyond their worth.
And God planned on them entering a new land: where idol worship would again be prevalent. God wants to remind them, and US, that HE ALONE IS GOD! There is NO OTHER!
God wants His men to wear shoes of Commitment!
God wants His men to wear shoes of Commitment!
Love the Lord with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength!
LOVE - men today seem to have an issue with the idea of love.
Society has always had an interesting view of men and the expression of love. Either Men are to be tough as nails and never express emotion; or, today’s stuff is to be so emotional that you are useless because you get offended by everything because love makes you soft.
Notice what God says:
Love with all your heart
all your soul
all your strength.
There is no emotional words used here. Love is a choice.
LOVE - Hebrew - (a-haav) - great affection, care, and loyalty towards
Love Yahway ELohim
With ALL - Totality - completely
Heart - le-vav - the inner core of who you are, your conscience: it is your thoughts, your mind, your volition, emotions, knowledge of right and wrong - THIS is the Heart!
It is NOT emotional only, IT IS THE TOTALITY OF WHO YOU ARE!
With all your SOUL - (me-fish) - personality, the par of you that thinks, feels, wills, desires!
With all your STRENGTH - (mae-od) - physical and mental strength, abundance, force, exceedingly
That doesn’t sound like not showing any tells of emotion, and it doesn’t sound like being useless! It sounds POWERFUL, COMPLETE, ALL ENCOMPASSING! It sounds like God made MEN to be love GOD as fiercly as God loves them!
It is a DRIVING FORCE of who we are to love God!
It is our very DESIRE to love God!
AND IT IS WITH ALL THE STRENGTH THAT WE HAVE THAT WE ARE TO LOVE GOD!
God says Love without wavering, without wandering, despite the culture you will encounter, and the whims of society!
The SHOES of the EXAMPLE!
The SHOES of the EXAMPLE!
These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.
These words - These COMMANDS FOR AN ACTION
I am Giving you - it is a CHARGE - Do you know what a Charge is? It is a COMMAND! An ORDER!
So the Sentence truly says: These commands, I command you, this day, affix them to the core of who you are!
Moses says to the Israelites: The commands I receive, from YAHWEH, are COMMANDS for YOU! You must take them and write them on your heart! You must take them and affix them! You MUST! Because no one else can!
But they are not just for you!
The Shoes of a LEADER
The Shoes of a LEADER
Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Repeat - teach and impress by frequent repetitions!
To SHARPEN!
Sharpen your children with these words!
Talk about them when you SIT in your HOUSE, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you GET UP!
Listen: The Bible says that MEN, you are to be doing life with your children! That You should talk about God in your home! That YOU should walk with your children through your day and God should be a welcomed a routine conversations.
Talk about the beauty of the creation you see!
When you are preparing for Bed!
When you Eat.
When you GET UP!
THE Shoes of the LAMP HOLDER!
THE Shoes of the LAMP HOLDER!
Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead.
Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your city gates.
IT IS Absolutely Biblical to have Scripture on the walls and doors of your home. YOU should be the MEN who constantly look for Scripture.
Why because Scripture guides the steps.
Your word is a lamp for my feet
and a light on my path.
Be the one that holds the lamp!
You know the interesting thing about the person who holds the lamp? Everyone can see that they are holding the lamp!
SO DO NOT HIDE that you are the lamp holder! Sometimes the lamp holder has to move the lamp a little so that people can step easier! That is what we are called to do!
And when the Future Comes: your children!
God wants His men to wear shoes of Remembrance!
God wants His men to wear shoes of Remembrance!
“When your son asks you in the future, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God has commanded you?’ tell him, ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand. Before our eyes the Lord inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household, but he brought us from there in order to lead us in and give us the land that he swore to our ancestors. The Lord commanded us to follow all these statutes and to fear the Lord our God for our prosperity always and for our preservation, as it is today. Righteousness will be ours if we are careful to follow every one of these commands before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.’
MEN - when your sons asks you, in the future - YOU NEED TO BE AROUND! And you need to teach them!