This is a warning

This is a warning

Bible: Deuteronomy 28:58-63

Reading

Just as it pleased the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it
will please him to ruin and destroy you (V.63).

I bought a birthday card from a Christian bookshop which said: “The Lord has rejoiced over you and has done such wonderful things for you” (DEUTERONOMY 28:63 TLB). It was such a great thought that I turned to the Bible passage to read more. I found that the words printed on the card were only part of one sentence, taken from a section where God warned His people what would happen if they turned away from Him. The entire verse reads, “Just as the Lord has rejoiced over you and has done such wonderful things for you and has multiplied you, so the Lord at that time will rejoice in destroying you; and you shall disappear from the land” (DEUTERONOMY 28:63 TLB). Now that
would be an odd birthday message! That card reminded me how easy it is to select nice phrases from the Bible while ignoring what the rest of the passage says and its meaning. Today’s Bible reading is a warning from God to His people. It is worth thinking about for what it is: a warning that rejecting God has terrible consequences. The Bible has words of encouragement as well as words of warning. It’s important to read and learn from both in our walk with Jesus.

THE MORE TIME WE SPEND IN THE BIBLE,

THE CLOSER WE’LL WALK WITH JESUS.

                                      Youth Edition – Our Daily Bread Ministries