SHORT AND SWEET

“…then Adonai will expel all these nations ahead of you; and you will dispossess nations bigger and stronger than you are.”
Deuteronomy 11:23

I can’t answer for you, but when I read these final verses of Deuteronomy 11, I hear a simple instruction. It is, if I may say it, short and sweet. There seems to be a reminder given to the people that once again reiterates the need to follow Adonai in all His commands. Starting in verse 10, Adonai instructs that the land they are going into is not like Egypt even in the fact of how the ground is cultivated. This new land has hills and valleys, and is kept refreshed by Adonai’s tending. Yet, this tending and rain will only continue to happen if the people follow His mitzvoth. If the people turn away, the waters will cease.
So then, Adonai reminds the people once more to keep His Word before them. They are to store the words in their hearts, tie them around their hands, secure them to their foreheads, and write them on their doorposts. The people are to teach them to their children at home, on the road, and in every circumstance. If they obey Him, love Adonai, follow His ways and expel those who work to take them off course, them even the giants of the nations will be taken down.
Is not this same truth still in place today? I believe it is, and the detail is short and sweet. Adonai never did away with His mitzvoth. They are just as plain today and then. IF you do His commands, THEN you will have His blessing. If we obey Him, love Him, follow Him, and expel the enemy that comes in to attack us, then the giant working to destroy us will lose all his power. Size is not a factor with Adonai, because remember, He made all things. Adonai is looking for someone to bless. He is looking for the one who follows His mitzvoth. Will He find you?

Deuteronomy 11:10 – 21
Deuteronomy 11:22 - 25