Deuteronomy
30:1-6 – When all
these blessings and curses I have set before you come on you and you
take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you
among the nations, and when you
and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul
according to everything I command you today, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the
nations where he scattered you. Even if you
have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back. He will bring you to the land that belonged to your
ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous
and numerous than your ancestors. The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and
the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart
and with all your soul, and live.
Deuteronomy 4:29 – But if from
there you seek the Lord your
God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and
with all your soul.
Nehemiah 1:8-9 – “Remember the
instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will
scatter you among the nations, but if you return to me and obey my commands,
then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as
a dwelling for my Name.’
Deuteronomy 6:5 – Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your strength.
Application:
- · “With all your heart and…soul” indicates total involvement and commitment. The phrase is applied not only to how the Lord’s people should seek Him but also to how they should fear Him, live in obedience to Him, love and serve Him, and, after forsaking Him, renew their allegiance and commitment to Him.
- · Dispersion was the inescapable consequence of the people’s unfaithfulness.
- · To love King Yahweh is to be His loyal and obedient servant. Love for God and neighbor is built on the love that the Lord has for His people and on His identification with them. Such love is to be total, involving one’s whole being.
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
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