REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD

 

Saturday, October 7, 2023

 

REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD

 

Deut 32:4-10

4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

6 Do ye thus requite [repay] the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

8 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. KJV

 

          Remembering can be either good or bad, depending upon our focus. If we search our minds for disappointments, we shall surely find many of them but if we search for blessings, we will find those as well.

 

          Israel had corrupted themselves because they had forgotten the days when God brought them through “a desert land and a howling wilderness.” Those days were hard days, but those days were days of blessing and safety. How they viewed them made all the difference.

 

          When God divided the promised land into portions, he kept no portion for himself because God’s “portion” was his people. We might also argue that God could not give himself a gift that He did not already own.

 

          The “apple” of the eye is the pupil. We shield it carefully from damage. This is the way God thought of His people. Yes, they were a frustrating people, but they belonged to Him. They were precious to Him.

 

Isa 63:9

9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. KJV

 

Dear Lord, we have been down many winding paths. We have walked through some very dark valleys, but here we are on the other side both safe and blessed. Thank you, Lord, for your mercies toward me. AMEN