20/20 Serve
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What does the Lord your God ask of you?
Fear the Lord your God by walking in all his ways
Love Him
Worship the Lord your God with all your heart and soul
Keep the Lord’s commands and statutes
Refresher on who God is:
God
The one who has ALL things
The one who loves and chose you to be His people
(Connection between this verse and “love Him in verse 12)
So… Because of God’s great love for us; In view of God’s mercy and love;
V16 Circumcise your hearts.
Circumcise your hearts.
“Yay! You’re ‘outwardly’ part of the group. Don’t just have change on the outside, allow God to transform the inside!
“Yay! You’re ‘outwardly’ part of the group. Don’t just have change on the outside, allow God to transform the inside!
Circumcision was the sign of outward conformity to the covenant ideal and was not only perfectly acceptable but required. However, it was not enough if it was only physical and formal. More important was an inner conformity to the requirements and purposes of God, a circumcision of the inner person. In the present context it denotes a lack of compliance to the covenant requirements.
V16 Stop being stubborn
The spirit of indifference in God’s people is incomprehensible in light of who God is! Either He is not who He says He is, or reality is lost on the indifferent man.
The New American Commentary: Deuteronomy (4) Love of the Lord and Love of Humankind (10:12–22)
Such a spirit of indifference is incomprehensible in light of who God is, the “God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome
The New American Commentary: Deuteronomy (4) Love of the Lord and Love of Humankind (10:12–22)
Such a spirit of indifference is incomprehensible in light of who God is, the “God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome
Refresher on who God is:
Refresher on who God is:
The one who has ALL things
The one who loves and chose you to be His people
The one who loves and chose you to be His people
God of gods,
Lord of lords
3. V 17 God of Gods,
4. Lord of Lords
The great God
5. The great God
The mighty God
6. The mighty God
The awesome God
7. The awesome God
Fair
Just
Loving
God’s people are expected to take on his character. Seek justice, love mercy, walk humbly with your God.
Service to one another and to God is rooted in God’s love for us. Because He so loves… we so love.
If you are not serving God,
If you are not serving others.
Fan the flames of your love for God.
Recognize, you’re not awesome. God doesn’t need you to be awesome, He needs you to be obedient and trust Him. (V22) God did that. It’s always Him.
Where do you need to serve today?
Reflect on the:
Greatness of God
The Power of God
The Awesomeness of God
His Love and Justice towards us
Loving
