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Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (NIV)
4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
5Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
6These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.
7Impress them on your children.
Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
8Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
9Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
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Introduction:
As a compass sets the course of a ship, so the heart sets the path of a man.
This section of Scripture intends that we set our hearts on God in order to set a course for a life of obedience.
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I. Ponder the Commands of God.
(vv.
6-7)
!! A. Through All your Travels
--- No place off limits to discuss the things of God.
!! B. Through All Your Days
--- From beginning to end, every day, and all day.
!! C. Through All Your Generations
--- Leave a legacy, for the church is just one generation from extinction.
*Illust.:*
In her best-seller, What Is a Family?, Edith Schaeffer devotes her longest chapter to the idea that a family is a perpetual relay of truth.
A place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
Where character traits are sculptured under the watchful eyes of moms and dads.
Where steel-strong fibers are woven into the fabric of inner constitution.
The relay place.
A race with a hundred batons.
~* Determination.
"Stick with it, regardless."
~* Honesty.
"Speak and live the truth - always."
~* Responsibility.
"Be dependable, be trustworthy."
~* Thoughtfulness.
"Think of others before yourself."
~* Confidentiality.
"Don't tell secrets.
Seal your lips."
~* Punctuality.
"Be on time."
~* Self-control.
"When under stress, stay calm."
~* Patience.
"Fight irriatability.
Be willing to wait." ~* Purity.
"Reject anything that lowers your standards."
~* Compassion.
"When another hurts, feel it with him."
~* Diligence.
"Work hard.
Tough it out."
And how is this done?
Over the long haul, believe me.
This race is not a sprint, it's a marathon.
There are no 50-yard dash courses on character building.
Relays require right timing and smoot handoffs - practiced around the track hour after hour when nobody is looking.
And where is this practice track?
Where is this place where rough edges cannot remain hidden, must not be left untouched?
Inside your own front door.
The home is God's built-in training facility.
That's why He urged all the dads in Moses' day to relay the truth: . . .
and you shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up (Deuteronomy 6:7)
- Charles R. Swindoll, Man to Man (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1996) 36
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II.
Prompt Your Obedience to God. (vv.
8-9)
!! A. Reminded in Symbols
--- Tie a string around your finger
--- WWJD
--- Regard not the symbol, but the thing to which it points.
!! B. Reminded in Occupation
--- In all that you do or think, let your occupation be to glorify God.
*Illust.:*
Living under the Lordship of Jesus Christ must make a difference in the everyday decision of life.
We must be willing to pay the price of discipleship.
A few years ago, Jack Eckerd, founder of the Eckerd drugstore chain, committed his life to Christ.
Shortly afterward as he walked through one of his stores, he noticed the magazine racks with their glossy copies of Playboy and Penthouse.
Although Eckerd was retired from active management, he called the president of the company and urged him to get rid of those pornographic magazines.
The president protested because substantial profits were gained from their sales.
Being the largest stockholder, Eckerd himself stood to lose a lot of money by such a decision.
But he remained firm in his objection, and he prevailed.
The offensive magazines were removed from all 1700 drugstores.
When he was asked what motivated him to take this action, Eckerd
replied, "God wouldn't let me off the hook!"
!! C. Reminded in Our Comings and Goings
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It is said that an old lady was to take a train journey of about
fifty miles through a most beautiful country.
For months she
contemplated the trip.
She was anxious to enjoy the beautiful scenery.
The day came and she boarded the train.
After getting her seat, she
began arranging matters.
She wanted everything just right.
She began
placing her bags, fixing her lunch box, adjusting the shades, and
getting everything ready to enjoy the trip to the full.
But, sad to
say, just as everything was adjusted and she settled back, the
conductor called out her station.
She had to hurry around and gather
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