God doesn't pull any punches. The nations that Israel will encounter are "more numerous and powerful" than they are. But victory is not dependent on these odds. The Lord their God is the One who will win victories.
Also look carefully at ch. 8. God humbles us by letting us get hungry so that we can look to Him and find His faithfulness and provision! This is one we need to remember.
Read it here.
Know that Yahweh your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His gracious covenant loyalty for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments. But He directly pays back and destroys those who hate Him. He will not hesitate to directly pay back the one who hates Him.Stay close to God!
Also look carefully at ch. 8. God humbles us by letting us get hungry so that we can look to Him and find His faithfulness and provision! This is one we need to remember.
Read it here.
The thorns and thistles handed out by God to Adam were a curse, but also a divine grace to him (and us). The thorns and thistles and hungers and dissatisfactions all point us to reconciliation with God and an eternal home with Him as King. God did not leave us in our sinful, sorry state without providing us with the perspective to see our sorry state for what it is and desire Him to rescue us from it. How easily I forget that thorns and thistles are a reminder that this is not my home.
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