Find encouragement and insight for your walk with God through these devotionals.
Moses is still continuing with his speech and as he is, more and more life lessons are presented to us. Even though this speech is directly for the Israelites, we in the 21st century can still learn and benefit from it. In Deuteronomy 4:32-40 Moses proclaims how great God is and that there is no […]
Last week we had a look at God being a jealous God, and righteously so. Because His people tend to wander around looking for earthly gratification, instead of turning to Him for eternal rewards and never ending joy. As history has shown, God’s people have a tendency to turn to idols, rather than turning to […]
In Moses’ last speech to the Israelites there are so many wonderful lessons hidden inside. There is so much to learn for us all. One particular verse caught my eye this morning: “The Lord your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.” Deuteronomy 4:24 Now at first I thought that that can’t be right. […]
Moses was delivering his last and final speech to the Israelites and it is recorded here in Deuteronomy. One of the things that stand out for me is that he time and again urges the Israelites to continue to follow and obey the Lord. He repeated it a number of times in his speech. For […]
Moses was addressing the Israelites camped on the banks of the Jordan river. He told them to remember all that the Lord has done for them. He was quite adamant about it, as he knew that if they remembered all of God’s provision in their lives, they will continue to follow and obey Him. “Be […]
The Israelites were still camped on the banks of the Jordan river and Moses was reminding them of how God had looked after them during their wilderness journey. And in Chapter 3 he tells them how desperately he wanted to enter the Promised Land along with them. “At that time I pleaded with the Lord […]
Moses is recounting the journey of the Israelites to them. And here he tells them something interesting. He recalls the time that they passed by the countries of the Edomites, Moabites and Ammonites. And God told them not to attack them, because He had given them their land. Concerning the Edomites, He said: “Don’t bother […]
In Deuteronomy Moses is giving his last and final speech to the Israelites. And to start off his speech he reminds them of the journey that they took up and till the border of the Promised Land. And in Deuteronomy 1:19-46 he recounts the event of the scouts going out and exploring the land and […]
Moses was reflecting on their journey and conveying that to the people of Israel before they could enter the land. All of the Israelites (except for Caleb and Joshua) were younger than 20 years of age when they left Egypt, therefore most of the events that Moses were conveying to them, was unknown to most […]
The Israelites were poised and ready to take their Promised Land. But Moses first addressed them. He reminded them of what God had done for them in the past, he again stated God’s Law and principles to them and he finally made a sincere call for a recommitment to God. Moses wanted to make sure […]
The Israelites were camped on the banks of the Jordan river, ready to go and possess their Promised Land. But before they could enter into the land, Moses was giving them his last and final speech. Their 40 year journey had finally come to an end. The Israelites took 40 years to complete a journey […]
The Israelites are on the verge of entering into the Promised Land, but before they do, Moses was going to give them a speech. The whole of Deuteronomy records Moses’ speech to the Israelites. Here he reminds them of what God had done for them, he reminds them of the Law of God and encourages […]
Whilst camping out close to the Jordan river, God gave Moses several instructions to follow once they enter the Promised Land. Moses in turn told Joshua and the leaders as he was not allowed to enter into Canaan. Now one instruction that God gave Moses was the boundaries of the land that they should conquer. […]
The Israelites were camped close to the Jordan river, ready to move into the Promised Land. And whilst camping there, God gave them the following command: “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan river into the land of Canaan, you must drive out all the people living there. You must […]
The Israelites were ready to go in and conquer their Promised Land. But before they could, they reflected on several things first. Amongst others, the whole Law of God was recited to them again in order to ensure that they knew it off by heart before they encountered the godless Canaanites. Another thing they reflected […]
South Africa, My country, My heart bleeds for you. You bring so many calamities on yourself, so many heartaches that could have been avoided. Yet My Will will stand tall. My plan for South Africa will prevail. My plan is for a light to shine brightly within the darkness in South Africa. And this light, […]
The tribes of Gad, Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh owned vast numbers of livestock. And when they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead on the east side of the Jordan river were well suited for their livestock, they wanted to remain there. They didn’t want to go and live in the […]
As we have seen last week, the Israelites took vengeance on the Midianites and killed all 5 their kings as well as all their men. They totally demolished the tribe, because God was with Israel. Afterward with the division of the spoils the military commanders noticed something: “Then all the military commanders came to Moses […]
As you might remember, the Midianites led the Israelites into idolatry through their woman enticing the Israelite men to rather worship their gods. And you all know how furious God was and how God commanded that everyone that worshipped Baal of Peor be executed. It was a horrific sin in God’s eyes. So now before […]
The Israelites were on the verge of entering the Promised Land. But before they did, God wanted to remind them of a couple of things. First of all He wanted to remind them again of the Law given and some aspects related to it. One of the aspects that I would like to share with […]