And Finally

Deuteronomy 31 to 34

Ch 31:6 “Be strong and courageous.

Do not be afraid or terrified

Because of them\for the LORD your God

Goes with you;

He will never leave you

Nor forsake you.

8 The LORD Himself goes before you

And will be with you;

He will never leave you

Nor forsake you.

Do not be afraid;

Do not be discouraged.

Even when the going

Gets impossible.

In verse23, God says to Joshua,

“I myself will be with you!”

I and not another. 

I, Myself.

And not my representative. 

And Moses sings

At the end of his story. 

He was 120

And He finishes well.

Even though he does not get to enter the land.

He sings,

With Joshua beside him.

Never once

Does his leadership waver

In all these years.

He loses his cool a few times

But he never quits

Or gives up.

Not this people.

Not on his calling.

To me that would require

An inordinate amount of strength.

And on top of Mt Nebo,

Moses too, is gathered to his people.

Ch 34:7 “And yet, when he died,

His eyes were not weak

Nor his strength gone.

10 And since then,

No prophet has risen

In Israel

Like Moses,

Whom the LORD knew

Face to face.”

Moses,

This radiant follower.

Whose thread is woven

Into this Grace story.

And with that

Moses laid his hands

On Joshua

Son of Nun

And Joshua

Was filled with the spirit of wisdom.  

Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face.

I love that. 

I drove home listening to

“Mary, Did You Know?”

Mary,

In this Advent season,

Also someone who spent a lot of time

Face to face

With God.

This is so amazing to me.

And I heard another song

About Advent and Christmas

About our hearts and minds and lives

Being “as busy as Bethlehem”.

Life is so busy right now

That it makes my eyes a little bit wet

When I think about it all.

But I don’t want to be so busy that I miss any of this.

So thankful to start the day here and in God’s Word.

It’s like manna

On this journey

A provision from God.

His Word that proceeds

From His Mouth

And does not return to Him empty.

And it fills us.

So that we too can finish well,

Or at least keep going another day.  

I’m really thankful for you all today!!