Learn and Do

Deuteronomy 4:40-5:1         1/26/2018

Moses taught the people: Keep the commandments so that you may prosper in the land. He then established by name the three Cities of Refuge for the three tribes which chose to remain east of the Jordan.

Learn and Do

Moses called all the people and spoke to them. His intent was that everyone should understand God’s laws so that they could be practiced.

It was the doing that Moses hoped for. The law wasn’t a separate matter that concerned only the rich or powerful, or professional. It wasn’t merely a social contract that described rights, and privileges and property.

It was an approach to everyday life for people who enjoyed the actual presence of the living God.

An Approach to Living

My intuition is that the law should create a set of boundaries. Then I can confidently say, “Here is the limit of my personal liberty”. I have the right to do whatever I will as long as I don’t cross these boundaries.

It’s an intuition of liberty and personal desire – do what you want, just don’t hurt anyone else.

But God is looking past liberty toward freedom.

Creative soul – express the goodness of God in the habits of everyday living. This is the possibility of my life.

“You have been told, O mortal, what is good, and what the LORD requires of you: Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8