Today's Reading is Deuteronomy 28...
My thoughts on today's reading...
To me, Chapter 28 is a painful chapter to read. Oh, there is the opening with all of the blessings that await the Israelites if they will simply obey the commandments of the Lord and not chase after other God's... but then we hear the terrible curses that await them if they choose do the exact opposite. And that is what is painful to read. Especially because we know that those curses are what happened to them, because of course, they didn't do what they were supposed to do. It's interesting that in verse 2, we hear how the good will overtake them if they obey, and then in verse 48, we hear how the results of the curses will overtake them if they don't... I guess I would hope that we would be overtaken by blessings instead of curses!
Do you know what else pains about reading this chapter... I know that my own obedience, or rather lack of obedience means I deserve nothing but curses. Thanks be to Jesus who by His blood forgives me and you of our sins... but still, ought not we also strive to live in the new life He calls us to... shouldn't we be obedient to God's Word and commands? I know what the answer is, which is why it pains me to know that many times I don't.