In Deuteronomy 23 God promises the people that if they will follow him, he will be an enemy to their enemies. He also promised something very similar to Abraham in Genesis 12.
Today we are meditating on Deuteronomy 23:20-33 and thanking God for these amazing promises.
Deuteronomy 23:20-33
“See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. 21 Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him. 22 If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. 23 My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out. 24 Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces. 25 Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
27 “I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run. 28 I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. 29 But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you. 30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.
31 “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you. 32 Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods. 33 Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”
Today's Workout/Health Tip
The other day I came across an interview with Kobe Bryant where he was talking about coming back to the United States as a kid after living overseas and he was behind in his basketball skills compared to the kids in the U.S. He said he had to develop a mindset to start putting in the work every day, but not get discouraged if he didn't see massive results in 1-2 months. He said he put in the work every day thinking in terms of years... not months. He said after 1-2 years he started catching the other kids, then he started passing them, and they couldn't catch up to him. He said he had to think in terms of getting better in 1,2,3,5, and 10 years. I believe this is the mindset we also need to bring into our health and fitness. Get a little better each day but be thinking in terms of years and decades not weeks or months.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
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