Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant. – Deuteronomy 7:9
How do you perceive God? Is He a far-off entity that more or less runs the universe? Is He someone to be afraid of? Can you truly know God? Across time, God has sought out people to know Him, to have a relationship with Him, to experience His goodness, to understand His unchangeable loyalty to you!
Today’s verse reminds you that you actually can know the God who is above all; the God who is faithful to keep all the promises He has made. He is trustworthy, reliable, steadfast, dependable, dedicated, constant, ever-present, and unchanging. Don’t you really want to know a God like Him? The miracle is that you CAN.
Knowing God, having a relationship with Him, has the same requirements as any other relationship. To know Him, you need to spend time with Him. Read His Word, not just to get a glimpse into history or enjoy the poetry, but to see how He has worked throughout the ages. Pray. Take time to just adore Him. When you love a spouse, you do not just say so once a year on your anniversary… you say it every day, and you live out your love in the things you do. Let your love for God influence others around you to want to know Him the way you do!
Pray for members of the government to see and understand the faithfulness of God, the One who keeps His promises, and on whose Word the United States government had its genesis.
Today’s Verse: Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: Exodus 20:1-11
20 And God spoke all these words, saying,
2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
