Choose Life
Deuteronomy 30:10-20
Synopsis Deuteronomy 30:10-20 3/27/2018
Moses anticipated a restoration of the Israelites. Although he prophesied the destruction of the nation and of the diaspora of the people, he also anticipated their repentance and restoration.
Moses assured the people the law was not too high for them – that it could be understood and lived. Their success was dependent on their willingness to obey God.
Choose Life
Moses “set before” the people the choice between life and death, good and evil. It was very clear. Follow the ways of the Lord, no matter what has happened in the past, and succeed. To not follow will inevitably lead to death.
It’s a stark but clear choice. A choice demands an answer. No one has the option of deferring. Everyone must choose. It’s an individual choice, and it’s a collective choice.
Love God or Don’t
Many of don’t want to make the choice. We don’t want it this stark – this cut and dried. It’s overwhelming.
The natural thing to do is to keep all options on the table for as long as possible. What I really want is to do whatever I want to do and yet keep open the possibility of relationship with God – to not let that possibility leave the table. It damns me, to think this way. I remain uncommitted.
So Moses did everyone a favor by pointing out there is really only one choice – and you have to make it now. Love God or don’t.
“I know your works; I know that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot.” Rev 3:16
