Deuteronomy 11:18-20(GNT) - 18.Remember these commands and cherish them. Tie them on your arms and wear them on your foreheads as a reminder. 19.Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you are resting and when you are working. 20.Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
Reading the whole of Deuteronomy eleven, you realise God gave the Israelites certain commandments to follow in getting to the promised land and also enjoying the blessings of the land. The main words that kept popping out to me while reading this scripture was 'Love The Lord your God........'
And how do we love the Lord our God? By reading His Word daily and making it a habit in using The Word in everything we do. Breaking down the verses, verse 18 says 'Remember The Word and Cherish Them. How do you cherish The Word when you are too scared to even let your friends know you're a believer? You get asked a question about Christianity and you have no clue.
You tie them around your arms and wear them on your foreheads by constantly letting your actions and speech reflect Whom you serve. I hear you asking so what do i do? For starters, you can respond with 'I'm blessed and highly favored' when someone ask you 'How are you'?.........note, not only will you be declaring whom you are but you'll also be declaring that you are blessed and guess what,God has given us the Power to speak life and whatever we speak to ourselves is what we become. So by constantly responding with 'i'm blessed', you are actually being blessed.
Responses like 'Thank God', 'God Bless You', 'Remain Blessed', 'By God's Grace', 'God willing', 'Is it Well'(which is my favorite) are all ways of starting with proclaiming The Word. As you go on, you can then start by emerging scriptures in your conversations........i was recently blessed by a friend and my respond was 'Oh wow thank you, the blessings of the Lord makes rich and adds no sorrows'......i'm sure she was shocked but asked no questions. You see for me, just as that scripture says, i was made rich from that gift but not toiling for it and to me its such a privilege and a blessing.
Going on to verse 19, we are instructed to teach them to our children and talk about them when we are at home and at work. Just as i am sharing this with you, you can also share with others and if you have children you share the Word with them daily, showing them how to bring it in their conversations. Thank God for His Perfect Spirit.......i use to complain so much about the learning attitudes of my children until one day, The Holy Spirit directed me to start teaching them the Word on a daily basis. Up until then i was leaving them to the fate of Sunday school teachers to teach them The Word, which wasn't a bad idea but the question was how much time did they spend in Sunday school each week? I started this practice and almost instantly i started seeing results....There is Power in The Word of God. Now we greet each other in the morning with 'Good morning and Praise the Lord'. Gradually we are instilling in them the virtues of The Lord and will continue to do so.
As much as many say it's difficult to show you're a Christians in our work places, schools etc, there are still many who boldly show they are. Thank God for the diverse ways we have now........there are t-shirts, bracelets and many things we wear which shows whom we are. My family recently decided to go with the last verse 20 literally. We had the name of our house(BETHEL) engraved on a plague and post it outside of the house. For us, that is our way of letting the neighborhood know Whom we belong to. And i also strongly believe anytime the name is being mentioned, It is indeed becoming the house where God resides.
Beloved in the Lord, we are called to greatness because greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. Today let's boldly step out wearing The Word like a perfume.......A perfume no matter the brand can not be hidden, it comes through for people to smell the aroma. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Amen. Have a blessed day family.
#inspired...ann #WiseQuotes
*Good News Translation
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