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God Values Family

Day 58

Reading: Deut. 24:1 - Deut. 27:26

The family is valued by God. Jehovah is the author of family. He is the God of family. Let God be the at the centre of your family. The family was so important to God that a newly wed man was granted leave of absence from the army.  Family requires a good foundation. A couple was to spend time setting a good foundation. The man was not to go out to deal with other issues when newly married. He had to first settle his home. Today, we rarely find couples spending the time to set up a good foundation for the home. It's marriage and quickly into what they were doing before. I am not saying one shouldn't work. The workload should not be the reason to not have a good foundation.

God expects that we keep justice. God expects that in our dealings with others we don't take advantage of them. We are not to have different measures for people. You are not to treat people differently. To have different weights at home and outside is a sign that God expects we treat people equally everywhere. I am God's own property, which makes me a peculiar personality. 

Upon entering the promised land the priests were instructed to lead the people in declaring the law. They were instructed to write down the law on stone. Our hearts are like a stone before God and only God can change our hardhearted nature. By constantly reminding ourselves of the Word of God we apply the necessary oil to make our hearts malleable for God's purposes. Write the Word of God on your heart. 

Memory Verse: Deut. 25:15

Decree:

 Personalise the portion of scripture below.

'Today Charles you have proclaimed the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice. Also today the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments, and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.”' Deut. 26:17-20(italics mine)
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